2019 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 27-36
Research reports have indicated that information transmission in large-scale disasters is counterproductive because of the following reasons: people are mostly out of sight; “information is often transmitted using communication devices;” “higher the magnitude of the disaster, more confusing the information becomes;” and “the assumption of people.” In this study, we compared two groups of nursing students (n = 394) by showing them photographs of dogs and cats to determine the type of information that should be collected and how this information should be conveyed to others in a nonverbal format when communication devices are unavailable.As a result of the free description by the sender, the following results were obtained: “collecting information and conveying it in detail are better;” “common image recognition requires knowledge and mutual verification;” and “even detailed information is difficult to convey unless the terms are mutually recognized.” No significant difference was noted between the two groups regarding whether the information provided by the sender was what the receiver had assumed. The sender who saw the picture of a cat was able to more efficiently convey the picture than the sender who saw the picture of a dog (p = 0.005).The information collected by the sender may be difficult to convey the recipient, unless the sender and receiver have common knowledge, images, and expressions.
