Media reporting of Third World disasters

The Journalist’s Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7501545
AutoresRoger Bennett (0000-0002-6911-7624, autor de correspondencia), Martin Daniel
Año2002
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas33-42
Fecha de publicación2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisaster Prevention and Management An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0965-3562 • E-ISSN: 1758-6100
EditorialEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/09653560210421682
OpenAlexW2062641918
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas16

Editors or senior journalists within a sample of 21 leading UK newspapers were questioned about their opinions of the quality of the information about foreign (especially Third World) catastrophes supplied to them by the major disaster relief charities (Oxfam, Save the Children, ActionAid, etc.). The study also examined the procedures employed by journalists when searching for information about disasters, the major sources of information other than disaster relief organisations to which they referred, and their perceptions of what makes a story about a foreign disaster “newsworthy”. Additionally, the respondents discussed their reactions to the allegation that newspapers’ portrayals of the victims of Third World disasters stereotype, demean and patronise the communities involved. Briefly compares journalistic perspectives on these matters with those of the fund‐raising managers in a sample of seven major disaster relief charities

Advertising · Allegation · Business · Emergency management · Media studies · Newspaper · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Sample (material · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Disaster Management and Resilience · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Law · Social Psychology