Mobile Alert and Warning in the United States and Japan: Confronting the Challenges of International Harmonization

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Matthew McGlone¹  Keri K. Stephens¹  Hamilton Bean²  Ana Maria Cruz³  Mika Shimizu⁴  Sharon Strover⁵ 

[1]Department of Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX, USA

[2]Department of Communication, University of Colorado, 80204, Denver, CO, USA

[3]Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan

[4]Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan

[5]School of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX, USA

关键词: Alerts;    Disasters;    Warning;    Japan;    Mobile technology;    United States;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s13753-021-00380-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

A U.S.-Japan expert workshop on mobile alert and warning was held online 8–10 September 2021. Funded by the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and responding to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the workshop compared U.S. and Japanese mobile alert and warning contexts, systems, policies, and messages to investigate possibilities for international harmonization of mobile device-based early warning. The workshop’s sessions revealed two interrelated issues that repeatedly surfaced among workshop participants: culture and policy. The workshop illuminated several possibilities and problems confronting U.S., Japanese, and global stakeholders as they develop, deploy, and seek to improve the effectiveness of mobile alert and warning systems and messages.

【 授权许可】

CC BY