Enabling the disabled: Media use and communication needs of people with disabilities during and after the Sichuan earthquake in China

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Fu, King Wa ^a   White, James ^b   Chan, Yuen Ying ^a   Zhou, Ling ^c   Zhang, Qiang ^c   Lu, Qibin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Communication need; Media use; People with disabilities; Sichuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKES;

CHINA; DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SITUATION; MEDIA USE; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; SICHUAN;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISABLED PERSON; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77951469934     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2010.032046     Document Type: Article

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