Media, Journalism and Disaster Communities

Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction: Media, Journalism and Disaster Communities
	Disasters and Their Drivers
	Defining Disaster Communities
	Overview of Chapters
	References
Part I: Environmental Destruction and Geophysical Hazards
	Chapter 2: Brazilian Local and National News Coverage of the Samarco Disaster: A Disaster for the Community, the Corporation or the Environment?
		Local News and Disaster Coverage
		The Brazilian Context
		Methods
		Results
			News Frame Analysis
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 3: Reporting from the ‘Inner Circle’: Afno Manche and Commitment to Community in Post-earthquake Nepal
		Disasters in Nepal
		Nepali Media and the Earthquake
		Afno Manche
		Afno Manche and Dual Trauma
		Reporting Disasters from Within: Experiences of Nepali Journalists
			The Journalists Who Survived
			Commitment to Disaster Communities
			National Pride and the ‘Outsiders’
		Survivor Journalism
		References
	Chapter 4: Kesennuma’s Building for the Future and Ishinomaki’s Rolling Press: Sharing Localised News of Recovery from Tōhoku’s Disaster-affected Communities
		Ishinomaki’s Rolling Press and Kesennuma’s Building for the Future
		Motivations, Sustainability and Supporting Recovery
		Further Discussion and Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 5: Drought Is a Disaster in the City: Local News Media’s Role in Communicating Disasters in Australia
		The Australian News Media Context
		National and State-based News Media and Australian Disasters
		Local News Media and Australian Disasters
		Discussion and Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6: Media and Climate Migration: Transnational and Local Reporting on Vulnerable Island Communities
		Media, Climate Migration and Climate Justice
		Material and Method
		Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana
		Shishmaref, Sarichef Island, Alaska
		Puerto Rico
		Discussion and Conclusions
		News Articles Analysed
			References
Part II: Armed Conflict and Journalistic Freedoms
	Chapter 7: Changing the Story of Urban Violence in El Salvador: The Crónica, the Community, and Voices from the Ganglands
		Urban Violence: Breaking the Community
		Changing the Story: Voices from the Ganglands
		Conclusion: Re-connecting the Community
		References
	Chapter 8: Oscillating Between Alienation and Frustrated Engagement: The Study of Donbas Residents’ Response to Conflicting Narratives in the Media
		The Conflict in the Donbas Region
		Debates Over the Origins and Nature of the Conflict
		Donbas Residents, Their Media Consumption and the Local Media Landscape
		News Consumption and Perception in Conflict-Affected Donbas: Insights from the Qualitative Study
		References
	Chapter 9: “Bloodbath, Invasion, Massacre”: Idoma Voice and the Framing of the Farmer-Herder Conflict in Benue State, Nigeria
		Framing Conflicts
		Methodology
		Framing the Farmer-Herder Conflict
			Framing the Conflict as Bloody Violence and Mass Death
			Framing the Conflict as Disruption and Crime
			Government Reaction
		Further Discussion and Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: Media and Reconciliation: A Study of Media-Led Initiatives in Post-IS Mosul
		The Socio-political Context in Mosul
		Media in Iraq
		Media in Mosul
			Case Study: Radio Al Ghad
		Conclusion
		References
Part III: Human (In)action and Humanitarian Crises
	Chapter 11: Is Local Journalism Failing? Local Voices in the Aftermath of the Grenfell and Lakanal Fire Disasters
		What Do We Really Expect from ‘Local Journalism’?
		Reporting the Lakanal House Fire: Lessons and a Warning
		The Disruption of the Journalism Ecosystem
		Conclusions: Quality, Accountability, Public Policy and the Continuing Role of Journalism?
		References
	Chapter 12: Attributes in Community and National News Coverage of the Parkland Mass Shootings
		Agenda-Setting: Salience and Attributes
		Method
		Results
			Salience
			Attributes
			Other Shootings Mentioned
		Discussion
			Salience
			Attributes
			Other Shootings Mentioned
			Areas for Future Research
		References
	Chapter 13: Informing Refugee Communities in Greece: What Is Possible Within the Parameters of the Humanitarian Structure?
		Access to Media and Information in Refugee Camps
		The EU Refugee Crisis
		News That Moves
		Discussion
		Further Research
		References
	Chapter 14: When Media Fuel the Crisis: Fighting Hate Speech and Communal Violence in Myanmar
		Military Dictatorship, Transition and Facebook’s Rapid Rise
		Facebook in Myanmar
		State Responses
		Civil Society and Facebook
			Conversations with Facebook
			Facebook’s Response
		Counterbalancing Facebook
		Interviews
		References
	Chapter 15: Afterword: The Shifting Domain of Disaster Journalism
		Local and Community Media in a Networked News Ecosystem
		Listening to the Disaster Communities
		Local Disaster Coverage and Social Accountability
		Final Remarks
		References
Index