News organizations and information gathering during a natural disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Miller, Andrea ^a   Goidel, Robert ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INFORMATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; NATURAL DISASTER; TELEVISION;

EID: 70849098305     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2009.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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