Journalistic approach of hydro-geomorphological events in the beginning of the industrial press. (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Antunes, M.N.; Pereira, S.S.; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, A.E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of disaster risk reduction. Volume 50(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Industrial press -- Portugal -- Disaster events -- Floods -- Landslides; Emergency management -- Periodicals; Risk management -- Periodicals; Disaster relief -- Periodicals; Hazard mitigation -- Periodicals; 363.34
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101919
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2212-4209

Abstract

Abstract: In contemporary societies the media is oriented to cover disaster considering the intersection between three dimensions of risk: hazard, exposure and vulnerability. In the past, the prevailing theory was the naturalization of disasters that considered disasters as extreme events generated by the nature, where human action did not influence disaster occurrences and consequences. In view of the predominant theory of the nature of disasters, the objective of this work is to analyze the approach of journalism on disasters in the early 20th century. This research explores a catalogue of hydro-geomorphological events selected from the Disaster database for the period 1865–1909, which were reported by the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias (DN). News analysis was guided by the News Protocol. The news set highlighted the naturalization of disasters, the focus on post-disaster consequences and local correspondents as the main source reporting disaster occurrences in the territory.