33rd Sogo Bousai Seminar on November 22

We are pleased to announce the 33rd Sogo Bosai Seminar on November 22,
Friday as follows. Please note that the language is English.
 
Date：
15:00-17:30, November 22 (Fri), 2019

Place：
Room S-519D, main building, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Uji
Campus
 
Speaker:
Dr. Hamilton Bean
Associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of
Colorado Denver
 
Title: “Does Japan Have a Problem with Mobile Public Alert and Warning?”
 
Abstract:
Recent events in the United States have vaulted the issue of mobile public
alert and warning into the headlines. A false ballistic missile alert in
Hawaii in 2018, the absence of mobile messages during the devastating 2017
and 2018 wildfire seasons in California, and public confusion about the use
of new systems and technologies have led to changes in public policy and
organizational practice. This project therefore examines whether Japan also
has a problem with mobile public alert and warning. If so, is the problem
similar to or different from those that have confronted the United States
and other countries? If not, what does Japan do differently that allows it
to avoid such problems? The presentation discusses evidence for and against
the existence of a problem, charting a way forward for further
investigation and improved mobile public alert and warning globally.
 
About Prof. Hamilton Bean:
Hamilton Bean, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of
Communication at the University of Colorado Denver specializing in
organizational communication. He is also the Director of the International
Studies Program. His research intersects the fields of organizational
discourse and security. From 2001 to 2005, he served in management
positions for a Washington, DC-based provider of analytical support
services to U.S. and international clients in government and industry.
Since 2005, he has been affiliated with the National Consortium for the
Study or Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) – a U.S. Department
of Homeland Security Center of Excellence based at the University of
Maryland. His research has been published in Rhetoric & Public Affairs,
Intelligence and National Security, International Communication Gazette,
Southern Communication Journal, Homeland Security Affairs, Journal of
Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and the International Journal
of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. He has won awards for scholarship
from the National Communication Association and the Western States
Communication Association. He earned the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Annual Award for Excellence in Service and Leadership in 2017 and the
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Annual Award for Excellence in Research
and Creative Activities in 2018. He is currently a guest professor at the
Center for Disaster Reduction System at DPRI, Kyoto University.