Impact to the relief money and volunteers induced by unbalanced mass media reports

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  • NUMADA Muneyoshi
    東京大学生産技術研究所　都市基盤安全工学国際研究センター
  • HARA Ayaka
    中央大学
  • MEGURO Kimiro
    東京大学生産技術研究所　都市基盤安全工学国際研究センター

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  • 災害報道のunbalanceによる義援金とボランティアへの影響
  • サイガイ ホウドウ ノ unbalance ニ ヨル ギエンキン ト ボランティア エ ノ エイキョウ

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Abstract

After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan, we observed a concentration of news coverage on the damage and disaster response activities in specific municipalities and a high emphasis was given on the nuclear power plant accident. The concentrated news coverage induced the concentration of aid activities such as distribution of relief supplies and donations to the specific areas. This problem has repeatedly happened in the past disasters as well. The purpose of this research is to conduct a quantitative analysis of the municipalities that were repeatedly covered by the TV news and newspaper reports. The results shows that there is a string relationship between the reported municipalities with frequent and the amount of the relief money. But the low relationship between mass media reports and the number of volunteers is shown.

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  • SEISAN KENKYU

    SEISAN KENKYU 65 (4), 359-363, 2013

    Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo

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