How Communication Ecology Impacts Disaster Support Seeking in Multiethnic Communities: The Roles of Disaster Communication Network Size, Heterogeneity, and Localness

IF 2.7 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Mass Communication and Society Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI:10.1080/15205436.2022.2129390

Wenlin Liu, Xinyan Zhao

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Advancing a network concept of disaster communication ecology, the current study explores how key properties of one’s disaster communication network—which consists of interpersonal, media, and organizational ties—influence various kinds of support-seeking processes during a natural disaster, the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. Specifically, the study investigates how the sizes, heterogeneity, and localness of individuals’ disaster communication networks predict the frequencies of seeking emotional, informational, and physical support during the disaster, using survey data collected from a multiethnic community. Results indicate that different network properties of disaster communication ecologies are related to different types of support seeking levels. Furthermore, the localness and heterogeneity of interpersonal ties, as well as the heterogeneity of media ties, significantly vary across major ethnic groups.

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传播生态如何影响多民族社区的灾害支持寻求:灾害传播网络规模、异质性和局部性的作用

本研究提出了灾害传播生态学的网络概念，探讨了灾害传播网络的关键属性(包括人际、媒体和组织关系)如何影响2021年德克萨斯州冬季风暴这一自然灾害期间的各种寻求支持的过程。具体而言，本研究利用从一个多民族社区收集的调查数据，调查了个人灾难通信网络的大小、异质性和局部性如何预测灾难期间寻求情感、信息和物质支持的频率。结果表明，灾害通信生态的不同网络属性与不同类型的支持寻求水平有关。此外，人际关系的局部性和异质性，以及媒介关系的异质性，在主要种族群体中存在显著差异。

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