OUTLINE OF RESEARCH PAPER

Effect of Natural Disaster Films in Disaster Management and Risk

Reduction of Societies

I. PAPER 1
//focuses on NECESSARY info on natural disasters and films
PAPER 1 OBJECTIVES:
Define natural disasters
Describe them ganern
Famous examples from history
Define films
Describe famous examples (yung gagamitin ko throughout the
paper)
Describe disaster management systems, procedures, echos

PAPER 2 OBJECTIVES

Describe how these movies affect how people define and

imagine disasters (disaster imagery?)
Describe and analyze how these movies affect peoples scientific
knowledge of the mechanisms of these natural disasters (film
accuracy)
Describe how the movies affect peoples PERCEPTION OF RISK in
real life disasters
Analyze how the movies actually affect peoples reactions to
disasters if these happen to them, how they cope with it

A. Natural Disaster //focuses on natural disasters as events, as

phenomena
1. Definition
i. Difference from hazards
ii. Perception on and general feelings towards natural
disasters
2. Examples //as examples only! Do not go over too much
i. Earthquakes
ii. Volcanic eruptions
iii. Storms
iv. Tornadoes
v. Others
a. Landslides
b. Tsunamis
c. Floods
3. History
i. Famous examples
 B. Films with such themes
1. Famous examples //dapat siguro based sa famous
examples from history; 3!!
i. 2012?
ii. Day After Tomorrow?
iii.
2. Intentions //get interviews as sources
3. //search for more things about the films!! Need more
sources to fill up this outline
C. Disaster Management //focuses naman on how humans deal with these
disasters
1. Before: Prediction
i. Methods
a. Science
b. Future-telling, faith, myths, horoscopes, crazy
predictions
ii. Technologies and efforts
a. By individuals and families
b. By governments
2. During: Protocols
i. Established advisories on what to do and what not to do
3. After: Coping and Reducing Risk
i. Individual efforts
ii. Government efforts
iii. Education efforts
II. PAPER TWO!!! //focuses on the RELATIONSHIP of the films influence on
humans dealing with disasters!!
A.
B. Causes
1. Mechanisms
2. Processes/Stages undergone to result in disaster
C. Effects
1. In property and infrastructure
i. Economy
ii. Government
2. In environment/physical earth
3. In lives of humans
i. Physical effect
ii. Psychological effect
4. Ranking of natural disasters according to most
devastating effects
D. History
1. Famous examples
E. Disaster Preparedness
1. Prediction methods and technologies
2. Government or community preparation efforts
3. Individual or family-wide preparation
4. Protocols during disaster itself
5. Post-disaster operations of community or government
 6. Education on disaster preparedness and risk reduction
III. Natural Disaster Films
A. Examples
B. Functions / Intentions / Motivations
C. Accuracy of depictions
IV. Effect of Natural Disaster Films on Disaster Preparedness
A. Effect on knowledge of their mechanism and causes (accuracy)
B. Effect on how likely they will happen
C. Effect on how they are perceived to look and feel like
D. Effect on how they are prepared for
E. Effect on how to cope with actual disaster happening
F. Effect on how to handle them after

*Problems:

- scope: should I focus on just one kind of natural disaster or natural disasters in
general? cause focusing on just one would limit references kaso if I deal with all of
them, baka masyadong diverse since may tig-iisang ways of causes and disaster
preparedness ang bawat kind

- effects also SOBRANG DAMI and are there enough sources to answer all of that?

- effect on humans: what aspect of humans? I mean given na ibabanggit ko yung

death toll and effect on population pero what about individual lives? Mental health,
physical health, psychological health? Do I tackle them all or do I focus on just one?
Tho given na Im dealing with risk perception and reduction, more on mental/psych
siguro?