| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner:
Overview
Research has shown that in Australia (Ryan and Matheson, 2010), 20% of the problems in the management of disaster and emergency incidents relates to communication with the community before, during and after the disaster. Reasons for this include lack of inclusion of communication teams by operational teams, and lack of professional standing of communicators. This course aims to improve the professional standing and skills required by communicators to ensure that disaster operations include communication with the community as a matter of course.
This course will prepare students for working in a disaster management environment in their own country, and international disaster management principles. Students examine the history of disaster management and the practical application of disaster communication theory. They also investigate disaster management arrangements, the disaster management environment, and leadership in disaster, and examine the role of the communication team in each of these aspects. Students also analyse and apply communication techniques, skills and processes that are unique to disaster communication.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- work competently within disaster management frameworks and arrangements of their home countries and organisations;
- apply leadership, managerial and communications knowledge to effectively plan, champion and facilitate emergency and disaster communications best practice;
- identify the value of, and be able to build strategic partnerships within and across teams and agencies;
- lead and manage communication teams and priorities of resources;
- apply theory and concepts of community engagement to include the community in every aspect of disaster communication planning and implementation;
- apply theory, history and past research to predict and manage human behaviour in disaster and to inform planning for disaster communication in future;
- apply communication theory and practice to available technology in order to effectively connect with specific target publics in a range of circumstances.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | History of disaster management | 5.00 |
| 2. | Theory of disaster, human behaviour and communication | 20.00 |
| 3. | Disaster management arrangements and approaches | 10.00 |
| 4. | Communication roles and responsibilities | 10.00 |
| 5. | Communication in preparation | 15.00 |
| 6. | Communication in response | 10.00 |
| 7. | Communication in recovery | 15.00 |
| 8. | Leadership and planning | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case 精东传媒app | No | 30 | 2,5,6,7 |
| Critique (written) | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Practical | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 10 | 2,5,6,7 |