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Final Exam Homeland Security and Law

Final Exam Homeland Security and Law

Q How has new media changed disaster communications?Butterworth-Heinemann. How does the US Coast Guard participate in border security, immigration, and customs enforcement? Do you believe, based upon your own knowledge and what you have learned in this class, that the DHS mission of preventing terrorist attacks is greater, the same as, or less significant than its mission to prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and provide relief following natural and more traditional manmade hazards? Explain your answer with examples.How is the media an effective risk communicator? In what ways are they poor at communicating disaster information?

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The media world is changing dramatically and with that, it is imperative that the nature of emergency management and communication is also bound to change. Right from changing weather patterns and frequent earthquakes to volcanic eruptions, deforestation, and melting of glaciers, everything is affecting humans and is being affected by humans. With hazards growing steadily and threatening mankind, information communication both before and after emergency situations, and also while it is going on, has accelerated at a faster pace than expected, with the increasing involvement both at the local and the national level.