Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1996

Publisher

International Research Committee on Disasters

Source Publication

International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Source ISSN

0280-7270

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1177/028072709601400202

Abstract

News coverage of transportation disasters, such as the crash of Delta Flight 1141, reveal the disaster behavior of passengers, flight personnel and rescue workers. Within a mystery framework, the Flight 1141 discourse provides clues that readers can use to construct their own disaster behavior awareness. The media must expand their pedagogical role beyond natural and technological disasters and begin providing basic airplane safety behavior information.

Comments

Published version. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 14, No. 2 (August 1996): 155-174. DOI. © 1996 International Research Committee on Disasters.

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