Blog functions as risk and crisis communication during hurricane Katrina

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-31

  MacIas, Wendy ^a   Hilyard, Karen ^b   Freimuth, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; INFORMATION FILTERING;

BLOGGERS; COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS; CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS; GOVERNMENT RESPONSE; HURRICANE KATRINA; NEW ORLEANS; POLITICAL INFORMATION; RISK COMMUNICATION; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; TIME OF CRISIS;

BLOGS;

EID: 70450169744     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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