Civil Protection Online Communication: A Comparative Analysis of European Union Member States

Περίληψη

This paper focuses on the study of the online presence of Civil Protection from member states of the European Union. The purpose of this study is to examine the content presented in the webpages of civil protection organizations from several member states as well as to identify common patterns or differences in their online presence. The analysis focused on eleven (11) Civil Protection websites that had an English version. The majority of these websites had sections such as a presentation of the civil protection organization, contact information, hyperlinks to social media as well as , a section with announcements and a section on the European Civil Protection Mechanism / international relations. While on the contrary, to a lesser extent, sections with audiovisual material, information on a disaster or emergency as well as sections on volunteering and 112 were found. The results could offer a significant contribution to the understanding of the digital content that the specific websites choose to communicate, their role in disaster communication as well as to the development of approaches to improve communication through Civil Protection websites.