Research has shown that mass media can influence response operations by influencing the way that information is disseminated to the public before, during, and after disaster. After the 2014 Ebola event, the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) conducted an After Action Review that proposes the need for government to ensure that the media does not control the narrative of response. The goal of this study is to understand if and how the media did attempt to control the narrative of response. To achieve this goal, we conduct a content analysis of three major newspapers, from July 26, 2014 to November 1, 2014, that focuses on Adaptive Governance in response to Ebola’s debut in the United States shortly after September 20, 2014. The results indicate that articles are more likely to focus on federal agencies and response efforts that follow established federal guidelines. However, the mention of local government, the boots on the ground first responders, is not significant to the mention of Adaptive Governance. This suggests that print media is controlling the narrative of the response and local government needs to provide the print media more access to emergency management professionals for more effective dissemination of effective local response.

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媒体，灾难响应，埃博拉病毒：当不可能的事情变为现实时，地方政府需要了解媒体对响应行动的影响

研究表明，大众媒体可以通过影响灾难发生之前，之中和之后向公众传播信息的方式来影响响应操作。在2014年埃博拉疫情发生后，国际紧急情况管理者协会（IAEM）进行了一次“行动后审查”，提出政府需要确保媒体不控制回应的叙述。这项研究的目的是了解媒体是否以及如何尝试控制回应叙事。为实现此目标，我们对2014年7月26日至2014年11月1日的三大主要报纸进行了内容分析，重点是适应性治理，以应对埃博拉病毒于2014年9月20日之后在美国首次亮相。结果表明，文章更有可能侧重于遵循既定联邦准则的联邦机构和响应工作。但是，提及当地政府，这是当地的第一响应者，这对提及适应性治理并不重要。这表明，印刷媒体正在控制对事件的叙述，地方政府需要向印刷媒体提供更多与紧急事件管理专业人员接触的渠道，以便更有效地传播有效的本地响应。