HSEM 157 Public Information (2 credits)
Course Description
This course will prepare students to support emergency management public information operations, including integration with a Joint Information System, use of a Joint Information Center, coordination with on-scene public information officers, use of alert and warning systems, emergency and routine information distribution (including media and social media), and ensuring appropriate messaging for the whole community.
Course Content
A. Introduction to Public Information
B. Characteristics/responsibilities of a Public Information Officer
C. Ethics, Legal Issues and Policies
D. The Media
E. Gathering and disseminating Information
F. The Joint Information Center and the Joint Information System
G. Reaching the Whole Community
Student Outcomes
- Describe characteristics and responsibilities that make an effective public information officer.
- Describe guidelines for department policies, which guide public information functions.
- Describe purpose, elements, and roles in a joint information system/joint information system.
- Describe various types of alert and warning systems.
- Identify access and functional needs that must be addressed in public messaging.
- Create messages that are appropriate for specific audiences and platforms.
Degree Outcomes
Core Ability
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Program Outcomes:
Apply effective interpersonal communication, critical thinking and decision-making skills commensurate with a defined level of responsibility.
Recognize how to access and disseminate information through multiple agencies in order to forecast the risks, types, and orders of magnitude of terrorist threats most likely to confront the nation/state.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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