Communication management during risk events and crises in a globalised world: Predictability of domestic media attention for calamities

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-302

  Zoeteman, Bastiaan C J ^a   Kersten, Wouter C ^a   Vos, Wiebe F ^a   De Voort, Lieke Van ^a   Ale, Ben J M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Effective communication; External safety; Media predictability; Social amplification

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT; CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS; DOMESTIC SAFETY; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; GLOBALISATION; MEDIA ATTENTION; SAFETY RISKS;

AMPLIFICATION;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77951175928     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870902955427     Document Type: Article

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