This document outlines 8 discussion forums for a course on emergency management. Each forum poses a question or assignment for students to address. The forums cover topics such as defining disasters, evaluating sources of disaster research, addressing misconceptions about disaster response, analyzing media reporting on disasters, examining organizational response issues, assessing case studies of disaster response, comparing cultural perspectives across case studies, and proposing ideas for future disaster response research. Students are instructed to relate their discussion of each topic to scriptural and biblical principles as well as personal experience.

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CJUS 383 All Discussion Boards
Forum 1
Define the term "disaster." Then, choose a disaster category, describe the
applicable phase(s) of emergency management, and discuss any sociological
theories that must be considered. Clarify the issues being discussed by relating
them to scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 2
Disaster research is available to emergency management practitioners from a
variety of sources. Which source do you find most valuable and why? Find an
article or presentation about a disaster research study from that source. Write a
summary about how the study supports your position. Clarify the issues being
discussed by relating them to scriptural and biblical principles and personal
experience.
Forum 3
What are some misconceptions associated with behavioral responses to a
disaster? Using real-life examples, discuss contrasting worldviews of reality.
Why is understanding the difference between myth and reality important to
emergency management? Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to
scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 4
Discuss different factors related to the reporting of myths as facts in mass media.
In your discussion, include the various reporting sources (e.g., local, network,
and print). How does reporting (facts and myths) affect the general population
and decision makers? Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to
scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 5
What is an emergency organization? Describe issues with actual organizational
response and effective organizational response. Relate your discussion to the
findings in either Case Study 1 or Case Study 2 from this module/week’s
textbook readings. Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to
scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 6
Closely review either Case Study 3 or Case Study 4 from the textbook. What was
the purpose of the study? How did the researchers conduct the study? What was

2. achieved? How could the study be improved? How can researchers expand on
this study? Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural and
biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 7
Compare the elements and issues presented in Case Study 5 and Case Study 6 in
the textbook. What are the differences? What are the similarities? Are cultural
and worldview perceptions different or similar as they relate to emergency
response? Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural and
biblical principles and personal experience.
Forum 8
Review future research needs provided in the textbook. What are 3 of the most
critical topics in need of research? Include any topics not identified in the
textbook that you feel should be included. Then, select the most critical topic. As
a researcher, how would you approach a study about this topic? Present and
discuss the following elements:
The topic,
The current problem,
Who/what will be studied, and
Why the topic is significant.
Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural and biblical
principles and personal experience.