Communicating Catastrophe
Blame, Black Saturday and Newspaper Constructions of Bushfire Risk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5715067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Bainbridge (0000-0002-8534-7649, Swinburne University of Technology), Chris Galloway (0000-0002-6599-3467, Swinburne University of Technology) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 137 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100-108 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x1013700112 |
| OpenAlex | W21195239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
In the crucible of a major bushfire crisis, such as Victoria's devastating 2009 Black Saturday fires, media not only function as sources of information but also help to construct events through discourses that include disaster and blame. While local radio is often the 'go to' source for bushfire information, it is in newspapers that these discourses play out most extensively. In this article, we use Black Saturday as a case study, focusing on the newspaper reportage in the week immediately following (8-13 February) to explore how newspapers function as 'interpretive communities' for a public trying to make sense of a complex cauldron of risks
Blame · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · History · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Psychology
Fanning the Blame
Political communication and disasters
Reframing responsibility-sharing for bushfire risk management in Australia after Black Saturday
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
Ducking for cover in the ‘blame game
A Makara-like Wave Came Crashing
Parameters for Crisis Communication
Best Practices in Crisis Communication
Discourse and social change
Feeling secure or being secure? Why it can seem better not to protect yourself against a natural hazard
Textual Analysis
The Victorian Bushfires of 2002–03 and the Politics of Blame
Risk society
The American Print News Media 'Construction' of Five Natural Disasters
Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |