Includes in-depth analyses of well-known case studies in
crisis communication, from terrorist attacks to Hurricane
KatrinaContent:
Chapter 1 Parameters for Crisis Communication (pages
17–53): Dr. W. Timothy Coombs
Chapter 2 Crisis Communication and Its Allied Fields
(pages 54–64): Dr. W. Timothy Coombs
Chapter 3 Crisis Communication Research in Public
Relations Journals: Tracking Research Trends over Thirty
Years (pages 65–90): Seon?Kyoung An and Dr I?Huei
Cheng
Chapter 4 Organizational Networks in Disaster Response:
An Examination of the US Government Network's Efforts in
Hurricane Katrina (pages 93–114): Gabriel L. Adkins
Chapter 5 Regaining Altitude: A Case Analysis of the
JetBlue Airways Valentine's Day 2007 Crisis (pages
115–140): Gregory G. Efthimiou
Chapter 6 The Press as Agent of Cultural Repair: A
Textual Analysis of News Coverage of the Virginia Tech
Shootings (pages 141–158): Mohamad H. Elmasry and Vidhi
Chaudhri
Chapter 7 Are They Practicing What We Are Preaching? An
Investigation of Crisis Communication Strategies in the
Media Coverage of Chemical Accidents (pages 159–180): Dr.
Sherry J. Holladay
Chapter 8 Examining the Effects of Mutability and Framing
on Perceptions of Human Error and Technical Error Crises:
Implications for Situational Crisis Communication Theory
(pages 181–204): Dr. W. Timothy Coombs and Dr. Sherry J.
Holladay
Chapter 9 How Do Past Crises Affect Publics' Perceptions
of Current Events? An Experiment Testing Corporate
Reputation during an Adverse Event (pages 205–220): J.
Drew Elliot
Chapter 10 Crisis Response Effectiveness: Methodological
Considerations for Advancement in Empirical Investigation
into Response Impact (pages 221–242): Tomasz A. Fediuk,
Kristin M. Pace and Isabel C. Botero
Chapter 11 “We tell people. It's up to them to be
prepared.” Public Relations Practices of Local Emergency
Managers (pages 245–260): Dr Robert Littlefield,
Katherine Rowan, Dr Shari R. Veil, Lorraine Kisselburgh,
Kimberly Beauchamp, Kathleen Vidoloff, Marie L. Dick,
Theresa Russell?Loretz, Dr Induk Kim, Angelica Ruvarac,
Quian Wang, Toni Siriko Hoang, Bonita Neff, Teri
Toles?Patkin, Rod Troester, Shama Hyder, Steven Venette
and Dr Timothy L. Sellnow
Chapter 12 Thirty Common Basic Elements of Crisis
Management Plans: Guidelines for Handling the Acute Stage
of “Hard” Emergencies at the Tactical Level (pages
261–281): Alexander G. Nikolaev
Chapter 13 Oil Industry Crisis Communication (pages
285–300): Dr Michelle Maresh and David E. Williams
Chapter 14 Educational Crisis Management Practices
Tentatively Embrace the New Media (pages 301–318): Dr
Barbara S. Gainey
Chapter 15 FEMA and the Rhetoric of Redemption: New
Directions in Crisis Communication Models for Government
Agencies (pages 319–334): Dr Elizabeth Johnson Avery and
Dr Ruthann W. Lariscy
Chapter 16 Effective Public Relations in Racially Charged
Crises: Not Black or White (pages 335–358): Dr Brooke
Fisher Liu
Chapter 17 Public Relations and Reputation Management in
a Crisis Situation: How Denny's Restaurants Reinvigorated
the Firm's Corporate Identity (pages 359–377): Dr Ali M.
Kanso, Steven R. Levitt and Richard Alan Nelson
Chapter 18 New Media for Crisis Communication:
Opportunities for Technical Translation, Dialogue, and
Stakeholder Responses (pages 381–395): Dr Keri K.
Stephens and Dr Patty Malone
Chapter 19 Organizational and Media Use of Technology
during Fraud Crises (pages 396–409): Christopher
Caldiero, Dr Maureen Taylor and Lia Ungureanu
Chapter 20 Organizational Use of New Communication
Technology in Product Recall Crises (pages 410–421): Dr
Maureen Taylor
Chapter 21 Crisis Communication, Complexity, and the
Cartoon Affair: A Case Study (pages 425–448): Finn
Frandsen and Dr Winni Johansen
Chapter 22 Crisis Communication and Terrorist Attacks:
Framing a Response to the 2004 Madrid Bombings and 2005
London Bombings (pages 449–466): Maria Jose Canel and
Karen Sanders
Chapter 23 Negotiating Global Citizenship: Mattel's 2007
Recall Crisis (pages 467–488): Dr. Patricia A.
Curtin
Chapter 24 Celebrating Expulsions? Crisis Communication
in the Swedish Migration Board (pages 489–507): Dr. Orla
Vigso
Chapter 25 Crisis Communicators in Change: From Plans to
Improvisations (pages 511–526): Dr. Jesper Falkheimer and
Dr. Mats Heide
Chapter 26 Contingency Theory of Strategic Conflict
Management: Directions for the Practice of Crisis
Communication from a Decade of Theory Development,
Discovery, and Dialogue (pages 527–549): Dr. Augustine
Pang, Dr. Yan Jin and Glen T. Cameron
Chapter 27 Crisis?Adaptive Public Information: A Model
for Reliability in Chaos (pages 550–567): Dr. Suzanne
Horsley
Chapter 28 Communicating Before a Crisis: An Exploration
of Bolstering, CSR, and Inoculation Practices (pages
568–590): Dr. Shelley Wigley and Michael Pfau
Chapter 29 Who Suffers? The Effect of Injured Party on
Attributions of Crisis Responsibility (pages 591–606):
Sun?A Park and Dr. Maria E. Len?Rios
Chapter 30 The Dialectics of Organizational Crisis
Management (pages 607–634): Charles Conrad, Jane Stuart
Baker, Chris Cudahy and Jennifer Willyard
Chapter 31 Exploring Crisis from a Receiver Perspective:
Understanding Stakeholder Reactions during Crisis Events
(pages 635–656): Tomasz A. Fediuk, Dr. W. Timothy Coombs
and Isabel C. Botero
Chapter 32 Credibility Seeking through an
Interorganizational Alliance: Instigating the Fen?Phen
Confrontation Crisis (pages 657–674): Dr. Timothy L.
Sellnow, Dr. Shari R. Veil and Renae A. Streifel
Chapter 33 Future Directions of Crisis Communication
Research: Emotions in Crisis – The Next Frontier (pages
677–682): Dr. Yan Jin and Dr. Augustine Pang
Chapter 34 Complexity and Crises: A New Paradigm (pages
683–690): Dr. Dawn R. Gilpin and Dr. Priscilla
Murphy
Chapter 35 Considering the Future of Crisis Communication
Research: Understanding the Opportunities Inherent to
Crisis Events through the Discourse of Renewal (pages
691–697): Robert R. Ulmer, Dr. Timothy L. Sellnow and
Matthew W. Seeger
Chapter 36 Toward a Holistic Organizational Approach to
Understanding Crisis (pages 698–704): Dr. Maureen
Taylor
Chapter 37 What is a Public Relations “Crisis?”
Refocusing Crisis Research (pages 705–712): Michael L.
Kent
Chapter 38 Crisis and Learning (pages 713–718): Dr.
Larsake Larsson
Chapter 39 Pursuing Evidence?Based Crisis Communication
(pages 719–725): Dr. W. Timothy Coombs