Analysis Of Five Different Media Sources

For the U.S. and many parts of the world, recent years have been populated by major tragedies including an earthquake in the Indian Ocean that triggered a devastating Tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people, an earthquake in Pakistan the killed nearly as many, and a hurricane that damaged or destroyed much of the Gulf coast including extensive destruction in New Orleans. To varying degrees, each of these tragedies received international attention.

Earthquakes have afflicted the world since its inception. The sudden release of energy from volcanoes or displacing of earth plates can result in disasters of extreme magnitude. These usually naturally occurring phenomenon have been responsible from wiping out entire towns throughout history and until today continue to produce major loss of life and infrastructure. It can take years for a city or country to recover from a major event of this kind and when a third world country is involved, the result is usually exponentially worse than in a developed country. In the past decades Japan, Chile and Haiti have suffered the devastation an earthquake produces. This document will concentrate in Haiti, a small country in the Caribbean. On

Media Analysis ‘Media’ is the plural of the word ‘medium’, which often refers to different ways of communicating with other people; if the target is a large number of people, then it is called ‘mass media’. There are many types of media, such as TV, radio, films, newspaper, Internet etc. The main purpose of media is to entertain; however they can also be used to persuade, inform, explain and advice. Media can be very powerful; therefore people are influenced and affected by them.

In the picture of it, there is 15-20 people staring at one direction, bawling, and screaming, and someone is blocking them. When I first saw this picture, I thought, ‘What is this people doing?’, but after I read the article, I was surprised because that there were 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Iran-Iraq, and more than 450 people died because of it. Throughout this picture I could assume the size of the disaster, and the sorrow and pain of victims and their families. Also, I could assume the danger of the disaster from person who is blocking the bereaved

The newspapers are the key primary source for information about the Oka Crisis. But by no means does this make these sources transparent, rather newspapers are often bias towards the the main social,

This showed when after each of their quakes both Nepal and Haiti had extremely high body counts in comparison to the size of the earthquakes that had

On January 12, 2010 one of the deadliest events occurred in Haitian history. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti which destructed major buildings such as the hospitals which were very important for the wide spread diseases that occurred at the time of the earthquake in the country. Homes and lives had changed drastically after the earthquake struck, many had to bear with the loss of personal belongings and loved ones. Due to the severe destruction, New York Times stated that the city Port- au-Prince “fell into darkness” (Romero and Lacey). The Haiti earthquake had catastrophic, slow recovery effects on many lives, the environment and the economy.

It was typical late afternoon in Haiti capital of Port-au-Prince. People were strolling the streets, and local vendors were selling various goods at the Port-au-Prince historic Iron Market. Then at 4:53 pm on January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude hit Haiti. Haiti had not seen a major earthquake like this in almost 200 years. People scrambled through the streets as the ground roared knocking down huge stone and brick building onto the streets of Port-au-Prince. An eyewitness describes the moment that the earthquake hit, “The earth screamed; a sound of thunder that came from its belly as it violently shook the plants, the car, the walls, the pavement that I stood on. I called out to everyone to walk out of the house quickly. It seemed like a long, long time. Then silence. Then screams from some of the residents of the rural neighborhood” (Clesca, 2010). This would be one of the deadliest earthquake of our generation. The estimated death toll was 316,000 deaths, and over 3 million people were displaced by the earthquake. Many people died when their dwelling collapsed and they were trapped under the rumble. People also died from falling objects, such as large building materials. This earthquake will ultimately change the structured of Haiti and leave many residents asking, who is responsible for the huge loss of life?

In the article, Khaai and other authors talked about what happened to Nepal after a major earthquake, people were stuck with the limited power. They wrote, “Power throughout the city is limited with most households and offices relying on additional generator power or in-house storage systems” (Khazai, et. al., 2015). The power is one of the important things for some communities and they need the power so they can use it for something for office or house. In an online article, the website talked about the residents that were unable to communicate with anyone because the power went out. The website says, “After the earthquake struck, frightened residents came

In both articles devastating earthquakes occurred. Both ended up taking many lives with them. The earthquake in Nepal killed over 3,000 people, and the earthquake in Chile killed around 10 people and caused over 1 million to evacuate. The magnitudes were very close, Nepal: 7.8, Chile: 8.3. There were more casualties in Nepal because the building there aren’t reinforced to protect from natural disasters. However, there were still casualties in Chile because some of the houses were reinforced but not very well or the houses and building could be located in areas where the earthquake was more powerful. Buildings still crumbled in Chile but thankfully there weren’t very many casualties. Both of the quakes also had powerful aftershocks. In Chile

The 2015 Nepal Earthquake caused over 5,000 casualties, even though the quake itself only lasted for about fifty seconds.

In April 2015, the devastating Gorkha earthquake shook Nepal, killing thousands and injuring thousands more. Nepal’s location on the Indo-Eurasian fault line makes it a prime location for earthquakes, as well as resulting landslides and avalanches. Less than a month after the first quake, a 7.3 magnitude aftershock struck Nepal again and left the entire country in fear (Nepal earthquakes, 2015). Relief efforts quickly followed after the earthquakes, as well as the flight of thousands of Nepalis who fled the country out of fear that the earthquakes would never end.

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by an magnitude-7.0 earthquake. More than half a million people dies or was injured, and approximately 2 million people were displayed from their homes. Overcrowded and poor living conditions increased Haitians risk for communicable diseases. The earthquake destroyed most government buildings, schools, homes, hospitals, and transportation and communication infrastructure in the western part of the country, including the capital Port-au-Prince and much of the southeastern part of the country. This earthquake that struck Haiti caused an estimated 222,570 deaths and 300,000 injuries. In impoverished countries, like Haiti analyzing the causes of deaths and injuries post-disaster can help countries better prepare for disasters in the future.

Japan’s society and geography has endured many tragic events within the last two hundred years, two of which play and integral part in shaping its society and moving it forward. These two events are natural disasters involving earthquakes, and tsunamis —and in a particular instance, a mix of both. Through the circumstances the Japanese found themselves in after these disasters, they had to rebuild with proper collaboration and communication. In terms of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, communication was primarily through newspapers (Schencking 2013, 80). However, with the modern age came social media, and thus the Japanese communicated both during and after the earthquake and tsunami disaster known as 3/11 using social media. The day of and after 3/11, social

In 2015, Chile suffered an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 quakes, which also caused a tsunami letting less than 525 dead people. Hitting ports, leaving shipping containers and fishing vessels in the downtown area are just some examples of the repercussions of this massive catastrophe. As expected, many damaged infrastructures stayed useless after this incident, leaving a big amount of the population without shelter, work, clean water and food. As a matter of fact, the flood reached certain areas of vital importance for human living. Public services, such as electricity, water, and communication were dismantled due to the impact of the tsunami. At the same time, due to the fact that this was a recent event, the government had to deal with