Chile 27 F and Fukushima: Communication media, earthquakes and tsunamis: the cases of Chile and Japan
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Nov 15, 2011
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Uncertainty, Communicational management, Early alert, Nuclear disaster
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Abstract
The years 2010 and 2011 will be difficult to forget in Chile as well as in Japan. The reason is, the tragedy brought about by two great earthquakes and two devastating tsunamies caused thousand deads, disappeareds, huge damages and most awfully, an invironment of political and civic hopelessness, mistrust, uncertainty and doubts on the communicative management in both catastrophes. In this essay facts are remembered, the main mistatements are warned on the communicational management, information control together with a reflection on what we can do to cope with these nature catastrophes in a better way. Fukushima and Chernobeil, earthquakes, tsunamis and the climatic change signal that it is time to change the paradigms in the management of communicational crisis. It is also time and need of a new effort, generous, informed and joint acting to overcome the difficulties.
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Gómez Quezada, R. (2011). Chile 27 F and Fukushima: Communication media, earthquakes and tsunamis: the cases of Chile and Japan. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI, (26), 50–61. https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2011.26.50-61
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