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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.006
	Return to 'a new normal': Discourses of resilience to natural disasters in Australian newspapers 2006-2010
	Leitch A.M.; Bohensky E.L.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	26 期号:1
英文摘要	Resilience, as a concept that conceptualises response to change, is gaining currency in the public discourse. In Australia, the term 'resilience' is frequently used by the news media in connection with natural disasters. Media representation of resilience to natural disasters-as rapid onset events characterised by visible thresholds-provides an instructive lens through which to learn about resilience, and bring into focus, differences between academic and broader public perspectives on the concept. In this paper we analyse resilience discourses in Australian newspaper articles from 2006 to 2010. We consider the use of the term 'resilience' and three attributes of resilience that are important in determining how communities respond to disasters: structure and function, self-organisation, and learning and adaptation. Our results show that while the media discourse helps to illuminate what makes communities resilient to disasters, it also highlights how resilience can be undermined when: the term, used most often by actors at from outside the affected community, becomes an 'aspirational rhetorical device'; place attachment manifests as 'lock in' whereby individuals cannot easily leave a disaster-affected community; emphasis post disaster is on reinstating the status quo rather than encouraging transformation; and excessive or inequitably distributed external assistance to a community threatens self-efficacy and cohesion. Media discourse tends to lack reflection on learning beyond formal preparedness programs, but places value on sharing experience. Our analysis has theoretical and practical outcomes: theoretically, this analysis further enriches the descriptions of the three attributes as central concepts in resilience theory. Practically, this work highlights the difficulty in communicating about resilience to encourage constructive response to disasters, but also provides insight into making resilience theory more accessible and relevant to the disaster management community for Australia and globally. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Australia; Disaster; Media; Resilience
学科领域	disaster management; media industry; media role; natural disaster; Australia
语种	英语
scopus关键词	disaster management; media industry; media role; natural disaster; Australia
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117778
作者单位	ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Townsville, Australia; CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Townsville, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Leitch A.M.,Bohensky E.L.. Return to 'a new normal': Discourses of resilience to natural disasters in Australian newspapers 2006-2010[J],2014,26(1).
APA	Leitch A.M.,&Bohensky E.L..(2014).Return to 'a new normal': Discourses of resilience to natural disasters in Australian newspapers 2006-2010.Global Environmental Change,26(1).
MLA	Leitch A.M.,et al."Return to 'a new normal': Discourses of resilience to natural disasters in Australian newspapers 2006-2010".Global Environmental Change 26.1(2014).