災害(<特集>現代マス・コミュニケーション理論のキーワード:50号を記念して)

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Disaster research from the view point of communication has recently started, and few researchers carry out this kind of studies. They have focused on the studies of human behaviors such as panics and rumors, disaster information such as warnings and evacuation orders, and disaster reporting of television and radio during disasters. The great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred in 1995 posed many problems to the disaster research. For example, before the earthquake many researchers believed broadcasting played crucial roles in disaster reporting, but the earthquake suggested the importance of newspapers.