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A 3 page research paper that discusses the role played by the media in crises situations. The writer discusses the effect of media coverage on donations and relief response. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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report in regards to crises ("Palace downplays" 31). As this suggests, in a crisis situation, many media executives and officials at all levels of government, in virtually any nation, cling
to the "adversarial stance that has characterized" their relations for decades," which is an "outdated enmity" that can imperial, rather than serve, the public welfare during any type of crisis
situation (Careless 52). In other words, regardless of whether government officials want their involvement, there is definitely a role for media in emergency, disaster and crisis situations. For example,
the media is the most influential factor in generating public support for relief efforts. There is considerable evidence to support the idea that there is a positive correlation between media
coverage of crisis situations and charitable giving (Brown and Minty 9). For example, during the early stages of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994, it received heavy
media coverage was sufficient to provide support for roughly one million displaced Rwandans (Brown and Minty 9). However, when the news broke about the murder of O.J. Simpsons wife, as
well as the Tanya Harding Olympic scandal, it replaced Rwanda in the nations headlines and charitable giving dropped off, which caused the relief camp workers to feel that the media
had turned its collective back on this particular crisis (Brown and Minty 9). The support that is generated among the public in regards to disaster relief is largely dependent
on the "image multiplication caused by the media" (Gruber 6). For example, the tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004 hit areas that had "significant media access," and these areas
were also familiar to a global audience because of the regions association with tourism (Gruber 6). Due these factors, and the dire news that a quarter of a million people
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