NGOs as Information Sources in Media Reporting of International Events: An International Comparison of Newspaper Articles on the Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami

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This article analyzes the amount and content of information on the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami provided by NGOs and volunteer groups and cited in five daily newspapers published in the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore. The article compares the amount and use of NGO-provided information published in newspaper stories with that provided by official agencies and victims of the disaster. The article finds that information from NGOs cited by newspapers focused overwhelmingly on local conditions and relief efforts and that comments about other organizations were few in all cases. Except for a few international NGOs, the kind and variety of volunteer organizations varied by newspaper and country. The article concludes that NGO information cited by the press affords a more accurate and unbiased understanding of local condition in disasters. However, the research also finds that this is only a small portion of NGO information actually published and that, as prior research points out, the pool of media informants is dominated by governments and international organizations.
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