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, films and disaster
management
PAPER 1 OBJECTIVES:
Define natural disasters
Describe them ganern
Famous examples from history
Define films
Describe famous examples (yung gagamitin ko throughout the
paper, ones I will keep going back to)
Describe disaster management systems, procedures, echos

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

phenomena
1. Definition
i. Difference from hazards
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
a. Good disaster management implemented
b. Bad disaster management implemented and
consequences
4. Perception on and general feelings towards natural
disasters
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!!

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. Accuracy //Effect on peoples knowledge of disasters

1. perception on definitions, mechanisms of these disasters
2. Imagery, how they imagine or visualize them to be
i. Too exaggerated na nagiging scary?
ii. Too miniscule na they underestimate it
3. Scientific basis of films
i. Amount of effort given into grounding such films in
science and facts
ii. Examples of very accurate movies and their effect if
meron
iii. Examples of really misleading movies and their effect if
meron
B. Perception of Risk //effect on how people see the risk these natural
disasters pose given these portrayals
1. Occurrence Risk
2. Damage Risk
i. Damage on Property and Infrastructure
 ii. Damage on Physical earth/environment
iii. Damage/loss of human lives
C. Action/Reaction to Risk //effect on how ppl deal with these natural
disasters in the real situation
1. Emotional reaction to watching these movies (internal
reaction)
2. Coping methods encouraged by film (external action)
3. Examples of famous disasters and coping in large scale