Community Based Disaster Communication Through UMMC (Study Case of UMMC as the Communicator of Mount Merapi Disaster Communications Year 2010)

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200818.005How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Communications, Disaster, Community, UMMC, Merapi, Yogyakarta

Abstract

Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia located in most regions of Yogyakarta and Central Java. In this age of information exposure, communities have the very right to have access towards correct and non-discriminatory information including the ones concerning any disasters occur in the area. Therefore, the role of Governmental Public Relations in delivering the functions of communication and information in time of disaster becomes essential. The disaster communication is conducted Disaster communication conducted by UMMC (Umbul Harjo Monitoring Merapi Community) young volunteer. This research use qualitative descriptive study by describing and analyzing existing data based on the theory of Community and disaster communication. The role of the UMMC community as a dominant communicator in disaster communication is to assist the government in handling disaster communication to the Community of Pangukrejo, Umbul Harjo. This is supported because of the closeness and trust of the local community in information sources. Stages conducted by UMMC are mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Therefore, the communication model that is community based is considered more responsive and being paid attention to in time of disasters. In disasters, what matters most in effective disaster response actions is the credibility of the information or in other words, how much the information can be trusted.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Adhianty Nurjanah
AU  - Aswad Ishak
AU  - Sakir
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/19
TI  - Community Based Disaster Communication Through UMMC (Study Case of UMMC as the Communicator of Mount Merapi Disaster Communications Year 2010)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 19
EP  - 23
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200818.005
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200818.005
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