Political communication and disasters: A four-country analysis of how politicians should talk before, during and after disasters

Discourse, Context and Media

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-11

  Ewart, Jacqui ^a   McLean, Hamish ^a   Ames, Kate ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster communication; Media talk; Political performance; Politicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962013848     PISSN: 22116958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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