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Acknowledgments |
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PART I THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION |
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Chapter 1 Defining Crisis Communication |
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A Definition of Crisis Communication |
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6 | (1) |
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Expanding the Traditional Definition of Crisis |
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Disasters, Emergencies, Crisis, and Risk |
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The Significance of Crisis in a Global Environment |
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Understanding the Misconceptions Associated With Crises and Crisis Communication |
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Chapter 2 Understanding Crisis Communication Theory and Practice |
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Media Theories and Crisis Communication |
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20 | (1) |
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Organizational Theories of Crisis Communication |
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Situational Crisis Communication Theory |
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Discourse of Renewal Theory |
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Crisis Communication Theories That Describe, Explain, and Prescribe |
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Understanding and Defining the Threat Bias in Crisis Communication |
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PART II THE LESSONS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION |
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Chapter 3 Lessons on Effective Crisis Communication |
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Partnering With Crisis Audiences |
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Understanding the Diversity of Your Audiences |
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Primary and Secondary Stakeholders Defined |
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Communicating With Underrepresented Groups During Crises |
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A Word on Partnerships and Listening |
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What Information Do Stakeholders Need Following a Crisis? |
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Communicate Early and Often With Both Internal and External Stakeholders |
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Identifying the Cause of the Crisis |
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Contacting Everyone Affected by the Crisis |
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Determining Current and Future Risks |
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Is Certain Communication Always the Best Approach? |
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Avoid Overreassuring Your Stakeholders |
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Tell Your Stakeholders How to Protect Themselves |
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Reducing and Intensifying Uncertainty Before, During, and After Organizational Crises |
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A Summary of Crisis Communication Research and Practice and Renewal |
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43 | (2) |
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Social Media and Effective Crisis Communication |
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45 | (2) |
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The Power of Positive Action |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Applying the Lessons to Produce Effective Crisis Communication |
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Example 4.1 The Largest Environmental Crisis in United States History: BP and the United States Coast Guard Respond |
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52 | (1) |
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Example 4.2 A Plant Fire at Malden Mills |
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Crisis Preparation and Planning |
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Courageous Communication in the Wake of a Disaster |
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Example 4.3 Long-Term Complexities in the Tainted Odwalla Apple Juice Crisis |
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Challenges for Multiple Stakeholders |
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Odwalla's Crisis Response |
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Example 4.4 What's in a Name?: Beef Products Incorporated Face "Pink Slime" |
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A Third Party Crisis Response |
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Example 4.5 Rural Renewal After a Tornado in Greensburg, Kansas |
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Initial Framing of the Crisis |
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Consequences of a Bold Environmental Vision Following the Tornado |
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Example 4.6 A Costly YouTube Hoax for Domino's Pizza |
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Unusual Challenges for Domino's |
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Chapter 5 Lessons on Managing Crisis Uncertainty Effectively |
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Unexpected Crises and Uncertainty |
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Nonroutine Crisis Events and Uncertainty |
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Threat Perception and Uncertainty |
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75 | (1) |
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Short Response Time and Uncertainty |
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76 | (1) |
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The Impact of Crisis-Induced Uncertainty on Stakeholders |
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77 | (1) |
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Managing Communication Ambiguity Ethically During Crisis |
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Consistent Questions of Ambiguity |
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Training, Simulations, and Uncertainty |
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Belief Structures and Uncertainty |
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84 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Applying the Lessons for Managing Crisis Uncertainty Effectively |
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Example 6.1 Tennessee Valley Authority and the Kingston Ash Slide |
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Missed Opportunities in Crisis Preparation and Planning |
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Tennessee Valley Authority's Response to an Uncertain Crisis |
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Example 6.2 L'Aquila: A Case of Miscommunication |
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Communicating to the Public About L'Aquila's Immediate Risk |
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Example 6.3 General Motors and Mary Barra |
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Honesty, Candor, and Openness |
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Communicate With Compassion, Concern, and Empathy |
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Process Approaches and Policy Development |
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Example 6.4 King Car's Response to the 2008 Melamine Crisis |
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Reducing Crisis Uncertainty |
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A Guiding Vision for King Car's Crisis Communication |
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Initial Crisis Communication |
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Example 6.5 Flint, Michigan, Water Contamination |
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Failure to Listen to Public Concerns |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Failure to Accept Uncertainty and Ambiguity |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Example 6.6 Fukushima Daiichi: Uncertainty Created by Three Interrelated Crisis Events |
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Chapter 7 Lessons on Effective Crisis Leadership |
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The Importance of Effective Leadership |
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Why Visibility Following a Crisis Is Important |
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Developing Networks of Support |
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Being Available, Open, and Honest |
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The Impact of Leadership on Renewal Following a Crisis |
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Ineffective Leadership During a Crisis |
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What Makes an Effective Crisis Leader? |
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Contingency Approach to Leadership |
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Transformational Leadership |
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119 | (1) |
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Managing Uncertainty, Responding, Resolving, and Learning From Crisis |
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Suggestions for the Leader as Spokesperson |
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Chapter 8 Applying the Lessons for Developing Effective Crisis Leadership |
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Example 8.1 The Sweeping Impact of a Contaminated Food Ingredient: Peanut Corporation of America |
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Pervasiveness of the Product |
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126 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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Example 8.2 A Fire at Cole Hardwood |
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129 | (3) |
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Crisis Planning and Preparation |
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129 | (1) |
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Leading Instinctively After a Disaster |
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130 | (1) |
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Example 8.3 The Largest Food-Borne Illness Outbreak in History: Schwan's Sales Enterprises |
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Example 8.4 Freedom Industries and the West Virginia Drinking Water Contamination |
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Example 8.5 United Airlines: Failed Crisis Leadership |
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Example 8.6 SeaWorld's Orca: A Symbol of Tragedy |
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145 | (4) |
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145 | (1) |
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Blackfish: A Condemning Documentary |
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146 | (1) |
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PART III THE OPPORTUNITIES |
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Chapter 9 Learning Through Failure |
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151 | (8) |
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Failing to Learn From Failure |
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152 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Risk Communication |
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Distinguishing Between Risk and Crisis |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
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Analyzing Multiple Audiences |
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164 | (2) |
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Convergence Theory and Risk Communication |
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166 | (2) |
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Responsible Risk Communication |
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Chapter 11 Responding to the Ethical Demands of Crisis |
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Corporations as Moral Agents |
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Responsibility and Accountability |
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The Role of Values in a Crisis Response |
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179 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Facilitating Renewal Through Effective Crisis Communication |
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183 | (12) |
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Considering the Opportunities Associated With Crisis |
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183 | (1) |
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Theoretical Components of the Discourse of Renewal |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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Prospective Versus Retrospective Vision |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Engaging in Effective Organizational Rhetoric |
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189 | (1) |
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Summary of the Discourse of Renewal |
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190 | (1) |
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The Discourse of Renewal and Crisis Planning |
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191 | (1) |
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References |
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Index |
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About the Authors |
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