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Beware the echo chamber: digital media and disaster recovery

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

Mirca Madianou | Published on July 9, 2015 | Blog originally published on www.opendemocracy.net Communication technologies can give victims of disaster a voice. But those who are most in need are not heard because they lack access to these technologies and the skills to use them. On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines leaving a…

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After Yolanda: A tale of 2 Taclobans

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

Jonathan Corpus Ong | Published May 10, 2014 | Updated March 03, 2015 This blog was originally published on Rappler There is a Tacloban with a face of redevelopment and change. But there is another Tacloban: one of mundane poverty made exceptional by Yolanda. Six months on after Yolanda, downtown Tacloban is bustling, with efficient roads and…

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A year after Typhoon Haiyan, poor Filipinos find a voice

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

Liezel Longboan | November 8, 2014 | This blog post was originally published on The Conversation On November 8 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines. One of the largest tropical storms ever to make landfall, it killed more than 10,000 people and left millions homeless. The vast recovery effort since then has been difficult to say the least. Throughout the recovery…

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Do Communication Technologies Give Disaster-Affected People a Voice? Reflections Two Years After Haiyan

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

With yesterday being the second anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda), which hit the Philippines on November 8th 2013, Researcher Mirca Madianou, of Goldsmiths University of London, considers how we can assess the role of communication technologies in disaster recovery. Because of the existing infrastructure in the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm ever recorded with…

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Key Findings

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

One of our main findings is that the assumptions about technology present in humanitarian policies do not translate to actual uses of technology by affected populations. This disconnect was apparent when examining the participation of affected people in disaster recovery. Communication technologies do not give people a ‘voice’. Technologies can facilitate voice but only as…

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What Can We Learn From Haiyan?

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

While feedback mechanisms are an important component of accountability practices, a culture of listening involves extending beyond feedback tools. Digital technologies make it easier to collect and catalogue feedback but can only work alongside processes of needs consultation and agencies’ immersion on the ground. Cultures of listening cultivate the participation of communities beyond the promotion…

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Team Members

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

Dr. Mirca Madianou Principal Investigator Mirca Madianou is Reader in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. Previously she was Newton Trust Lecturer in Sociology and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge and Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester. She has published extensively on the social consequences of new…

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