دور وسائل الإعلام في توعية الجمهور بطب الكوارث

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King Khalid Military Callege National Guard, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The present study provides a scholastic exercise on the relative role played by media in generating public awareness relative to a subject of contemporary significance.

It falls within the broad spectrum of Forensic Sciences.

It deals with disaster medicine.

In providing scientific-oriented analysis, the author has employed a source-based approach.

This approach, asserts the author, is most conducive for the subject under research.

It assists in the construct of framework within which pertinent data can be cast with optimum candidness.

There are Four divisions of public disaster medicine order: Public sector on disaster medicine.

That include pertinent bodies and pertinent officials; Private sector that.

Include the affected persons and their families; and Affected persons in direct contact with disaster.

Media personnel falls in this category as well.

Relative to disaster medicine, three kinds of responsibility is assigned to pertinent personnel.; Preparing public to encounter various typology of catastrophes associated with disaster medicine; Assumption of certain obligations and observance of rules related to inter- communication among persons active in countering mishaps accompanied with disaster medicine.

Such mishaps occur in twin phrases prior and after the occurrence of such mishaps.

Responding to reactions.

The latter will be stern from multi-dimensional facets affected persons and their families; and media.

Reactions from media will comprise tri-partite levels national, regional and global.

Role played by the media in raising public awareness on disaster medicine passes through three phases: Phase one: This is characterized with pre-disaster phase.

Phase two: This is the operational phase; and Phase three: This phase is the aftermath phase of disaster.

In this phase, media plays momentous role.

It enlightens public with accurate information on the related incidences.

Also, it provides necessary explanations.

Understandably, the overall intent of the media is to warn public against possible future comparable events.

The study, in its conclusive passages, incorporates some constructive recommendations.

Also, it provides some guidelines to future researchers undertaking identical researches.