Résumé :
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This Handbook provides a timely international overview of the research in the field of crisis communication. Crisis communication has become a global construct: a growth in media sources and usage has led to crises - as well as public communication about crises - crossing national and cultural boundaries. In addition, crises increasingly have a transnational impact, affecting commodity prices, impacting on migration and translocation of victims, and changing national and international political agendas. Other crisis factors, such as climate change, disease, and conflicts, have a regional impact extending beyond national boundaries. --
This book addresses these developments by discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises. In addition, it provides a comprehensive overview of how scholarship in the field has developed in countries throughout the world. This book articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, which includes work in different subdisciplines and related fields, including journalism, public relations, audience research, psychology, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and international communication. The chapters present concepts, findings, and their implications with regard to a broad range of crisis types, such as war, terrorism, natural disasters, pandemia, and organizational crises. In addition, this volume outlines methods of and challenges in studying crisis communication cross-culturally. --Book Jacket.
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