PA21G:
The Hazards of Hazard Communication: Importance, Rewards, and Challenges of Science in the Public Sphere Posters


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Session ID#: 49716

Session Description:
Accurate public communication of hazards science is critical; it can deliver timely information to emergency planners, improve public confidence in science, disseminate scientific findings and demonstrate the importance of science to society. However, scientists are often reluctant to publicly communicate science. Stories about misrepresentation, trolling, and sensationalized reporting deter potential communicators from entering into the public sphere.

This session aims to explore the concerns surrounding public communication of hazards and work towards finding solutions to some of the more common issues. The goal is to facilitate community-wide discussion about how we can more accurately, effectively and responsibly communicate science to a broad audience using various media and communications partnerships. We welcome in particular submissions that explore research-based evidence and personal case studies of both the challenges and rewards of communicating science through social media, mass media, institutional communications teams, and more, with a focus on lessons learned and best practices.

Primary Convener:  Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States
Convener:  Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States and Beth A Bartel, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States
Index Terms:

4306 Multihazards [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4334 Disaster risk communication [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4355 Miscellaneous [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Damage Archive for Historic Volcanic Disaster (395093)
Sung-Hyo Yun1, Waon-Ho Yi2, Sungsu Lee3, Changmin Gu4, Donghyun Lee5 and Cheolwoo Chang1, (1)Pusan National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Kwangwoon University, Department of Architectural Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, (3)Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South), (4)National Disaster Management Institute, Seoul, South Korea, (5)Cuber Solution, Seoul, South Korea
Interactive web based volcanic hazard maps: Campi Flegrei caldera Italy. (389501)
Danielle Charlton, Stephen Edwards and Christopher Kilburn, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Keeping pace with evolving communication needs for Alaska earthquakes and tsunamis (395568)
Lea Gardine1, Michael Edwin West2, I J Dickson3, Elena Suleimani1, Dmitry Nicolsky4, Natalia A Ruppert2, Matt Gardine1 and Lucas Cheek3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Earthquake Center, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Tsunami Risk Evaluation of the Shonan Coast, Japan, using Geographical and Social Grid-Models (426963)
Daijiro Kaneko, Remote Sensing Environmental Monitor, Inc., President, Yokohama, Japan and Tokuzo Hosoyamada, Nagaoka University of Technology, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka, Japan
Communicating controversial results of the drift analysis of debris of flight MH370 (362743)
Jonathan V Durgadoo1,2 and Arne Biastoch1, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, Kiel, Germany
Sharing air quality data during critical episodes: the experience of SIATA. (462806)
Daniela Garcia1,2, Laura Herrera3, Carlos David Hoyos Ortiz4,5 and Stefania Acosta2, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Medellín y el Valle de Aburrá SIATA, Medellín, Colombia, (3)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, (4)Sistema de Alerta Temprana del Valle de Aburra (SIATA);Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente/Geoscience and Environment Department, Medellín, Colombia, (5)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente / Geoscience and Environment Department, Medellín, Colombia

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