• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2016

Purpose - This article tackles risk communication issues and aims to address the characteristics of MERS risk information distribution in South Korea, and secondly to examine the communicative behavior of the public health authority in terms of the quality of communication strategies. Thirdly, the study attempts to figure out the risk communication to cope with MERS through the applications of SMCRE model in chronological order. We employ the social amplification of risk framework for analyzing the emergent public response as one of the main approaches. Research Design, Data and Methodology - The main framework of this study is theoretically based on the social amplification of risk, which describes signals about risk transmitted and processed by individuals and social groups. The model also reflects the interactions between social groups and institutes about disaster-related risk issues, which are potential amplifiers or attenuators of communication signals. S-M-C-R-E Model is methodologically employed to examine the social amplification for MERS risk information in each period, which we defined operationally. The proposed methodology allows the assessment of effectiveness and ineffectiveness on risk communication to be conceptualized as a countermeasure against disasters. The paper focuses on exploring how social risk amplification can be applied and organized in each stage. Results - The SMCRE model describes the exchange of risk information and is also applied to all forms of communication between stakeholders including public health authority, local government and media. Each factor of risk communication includes source, message, channel, receiver and effect. The results support that the effective risk communication involves not only the improved reliability of public health authority as a key factor of risk communication, but also a close cooperation and good collaboration with local governments. It does not seem to be possible that the government-initiated risk communication based on controllability and management cope effectively with infectious disease in early stage. The results of this study imply that the shared risks between local, regional and national authorities can enhance risk communication system. Conclusions - The study supports that the disparities in how disaster-related risk information is interpreted and coded, have made effective risk communication and public sense-making impeded. Our findings support a more communicative discussion about the role of risk information sharing between governments for the improvement of emergency management and underline the importance of social elements in the risk communication, such as relationship and trust building. Findings suggest that trust building between stakeholders could be added to help explain the processes of social amplification and attenuation of risk. It would be recommended that the continuous risk communication with all the involved stakeholders will be able to help national health promotion policy to be improved regarding emergency management. Furthermore, risk communication has to be a scientific approach for the communication pertaining to potentially sensitive or controversial situations with public concerns and low public trust.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.352-362
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• 2023

연구목적: 재난 발생 시 효과적인 위기커뮤니케이션을 위해 평상시 어떤 활동들이 기업에 요구되는지를 탐색하여 정책적 방안을 제시한다. 연구방법: L기업에 재직 중인 종사자를 대상으로 회사의 코로나 19 대응 과정에서 느낀 재난 대응부서, 재난 메시지와 평상시 회사에 대한 인식 및 종사자의 반응행동 정도에 대해 설문하였다. 연구결과: 첫째, 발신자 특성은 구성원의 행동 변화에 유의미한 영향을 나타내지 않았다. 둘째, 기업 내부의 재난 대응 메시지는 구성원의 규범적 행동에는 영향이 없는 반면, 재량적 행동에는 정적 영향을 나타냈다. 셋째, 발신자 특성과 재난 대응 메시지는 공중관계성에 정적 영향을 나타냈으며, 공중관계성은 발신자 특성과 구성원의 재량적 행동을 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 평상시 기업 내부의 재난 컨트롤타워에서는 재난 대응 메시지에 대한 연구가 요구되며, 공중관계성 강화를 위한 구성원 친화적인 기업문화 구축을 위한 활동이 필요하다.