Defining Disaster Communication: Road Map

Note: The purpose of the Lesson Road Map is to give you an idea of what will be expected of you for this lesson. You will be directed to specific tasks as you proceed through the lesson. Each activity in the To Do: section will be identified as individual (I), team (T), graded (G), ungraded (U), or pass/fail (P/F).

To Read

• Required
  • Textbook Chapter 11: Communication and Risk
  • Hughes, J. M, & Gerberding,  J. L. (no year) Anthrax Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, Emerging Infectious Diseases 
• Optional
  • Communicating during emergencies: FCC consumer facts (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/emergencies.html)

To Do

In this lesson you will complete the following activities:

1. Student Questionnaire Form (I, U)
2. Initial Team Activity (I, U)
3. 2001 Anthrax Attack Communication Issues (I, G)

Topics

• Defining Disaster Communication
  
• Framing Disaster Communication as Group Communication  
  
• Framing Disaster Communication as Audience Analysis and Group Communication
• Integrating Risk, Crisis, and Emergency Communication as Disaster Communication
• Passive versus Active Exposure to Disaster Information: Disaster Communication Forms
• Barriers to Effective Disaster Communication
• Summary