United Arab Emirates
Finally, the story of Joplin includes numerous mentions of volunteers and donors, yet conflicted opinions on the Middle East diminished the role of the United Arab Emirates in Joplin’s recover. Several newspaper and television reports highlight the general financial support the UAE sent to the Joplin School District for the recovery, but when citizens talk about support, they rarely mention the Middle Eastern country. However, when an arsonist burned the mosque in Joplin, Missouri a year later, the city rallied behind their Muslim neighbors to offer support and help in rebuilding. Not all citizens were supportive of the fundraising efforts, posting anti-Islamic rhetoric on Facebook threads. These messages were quickly reported and removed.
CONCLUSION
As the wealth of information in this chapter reveals, the Joplin tornado generated a vast amount of communication among citizens, first-responders, news agencies, government officials, and other parties. Each internet post, press conference, broadcast, printed story, book, and conversation added to general narrative of what happened leading up to and immediately after the impact. As time went …show more content…
The negative expressions came from personal loss and empathy for their fellow community members’ losses, learned of through daily conversations and media reports. These same channels, conversation and media, also contributed to the positive expressions of pride in the heroic acts of community members and the widespread actions of citizens helping one another. Simultaneously, all parties downplayed the few, negative acts of looting and the community’s struggle with crimes. However, when the neighboring community of Duquesne raised objections to the narrative framing of Joplin as the only community involved, organizers quickly including their neighbors in memorial
Finally, the story of Joplin includes numerous mentions of volunteers and donors, yet conflicted opinions on the Middle East diminished the role of the United Arab Emirates in Joplin’s recover. Several newspaper and television reports highlight the general financial support the UAE sent to the Joplin School District for the recovery, but when citizens talk about support, they rarely mention the Middle Eastern country. However, when an arsonist burned the mosque in Joplin, Missouri a year later, the city rallied behind their Muslim neighbors to offer support and help in rebuilding. Not all citizens were supportive of the fundraising efforts, posting anti-Islamic rhetoric on Facebook threads. These messages were quickly reported and removed.
CONCLUSION
As the wealth of information in this chapter reveals, the Joplin tornado generated a vast amount of communication among citizens, first-responders, news agencies, government officials, and other parties. Each internet post, press conference, broadcast, printed story, book, and conversation added to general narrative of what happened leading up to and immediately after the impact. As time went …show more content…
The negative expressions came from personal loss and empathy for their fellow community members’ losses, learned of through daily conversations and media reports. These same channels, conversation and media, also contributed to the positive expressions of pride in the heroic acts of community members and the widespread actions of citizens helping one another. Simultaneously, all parties downplayed the few, negative acts of looting and the community’s struggle with crimes. However, when the neighboring community of Duquesne raised objections to the narrative framing of Joplin as the only community involved, organizers quickly including their neighbors in memorial