Crisis Communications - Kathleen Fearn-Banks

Crisis Communications

A Casebook Approach
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388 Seiten
2010 | 4th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-88059-6 (ISBN)
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Presents case studies of organizational and individual problems that may become crises, and the communication responses to these situations. This title explores critical issues concerning how organizations, companies, and individuals communicate with the news media, employees, and consumers in times of crisis.
Crisis Communications: A Casebook Approach presents case studies of organizational, corporate, and individual crises, and analyzes the communication responses to these situations. Demonstrating how professionals prepare for and respond to crises, as well as how they develop communications plans, this essential text explores crucial issues concerning communication with the news media, employees, and consumers in times of crisis.


Author Kathleen Fearn-Banks examines the steps of choosing the appropriate words to convey a message, selecting the method and channels for delivering the message, and identifying and targeting the most appropriate publics or audiences. She also addresses such important topics as avoiding potential mismanagement of communication in crisis situations.


Key features of this fourth edition are:








six new cases, including several international crises







current discussion of communications technology as it relates to crises







a Companion Website -- www.routledge.com/textbooks/fearn-banks -- with additional cases as well as supplemental materials for students and classroom resources for instructors.





A Student Workbook is also available for use with this volume, providing additional pedagogy for each chapter, including discussion questions, activities, key terms, case exercises, and worksheets.


Utilizing both classic and contemporary cases of real-world situations, Crisis Communications provides students in public relations and business with real-world perspectives and valuable insights for professional responses to crises. It is intended for use in crisis communications, crisis management, and PR case studies courses.

Kathleen Fearn-Banks is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. She joined the faculty in 1990, after 25 years in the communications professions. Her professional experience includes as a feature writer at the Los Angeles Times; a newswriter/ producer/ reporter for KNXT-TV (now KCBS) in Los Angeles; publicist and Media Relations Manager for NBC Television Network. She was vice president of Development and Public Relations for The Neighbors of Watts, an entertainment industry non-profit which raised funds for daycare centers in underprivileged areas of Los Angeles.

1 Crisis Communications Today





2 Crisis Communications Theory




Apologia Theory
Image Restoration Theory
Decision Theory
Diffusion Theory
Excellence Theory





3 Communications To Prevent Crises







News Media
Internal Publics
Customers/Consumers


4 Communications When a Crisis Strikes







Communicating with the News Media
Communicating with Lawyers
Communicating with Internal Publics
Communicating with External Publics
Communicating Directly with the Masses


5 Social Media and Crisis Communications





6. Rumors and Cybercrises





7 "Textbook" Crisis Communications Cases







Case: Johnson & Johnson and the Tylenol Murders
Case: Exxon and the Valdez Oil Spill
Exxon’s Concern for Alaska
Exxon’s Animal Rescue Centers
Exxon’s Success at Restoring Tourism


8 Culture Crises: Foreign and Domestic







Case: Saginaw Valley State University and the Theater Controversy
Case: AIDS in Africa
Uganda
Botswana
Zambia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Swaziland
Case: Texas A & M University and the Bonfire Tragedy


9 Environmental Crisis







Case: Häagen Dazs and the Honey Bees


10 Natural Disasters







Case: New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina





11 Transportation Crises







Case: US Airways and the Emergency Landing on the Hudson
Case: Holland America and Cruise Crises





12 Product Failure and Product Tampering










Case: Yuhan-Kimberly and Baby’s Wet-Wipes
Case: Maple Leaf and the Battle Against Listeria
Case: Wendy’s and the Finger-in-the-Chili Hoax


13 Crises of Death and Injury







Case: Columbine High School and the Shooting Tragedy
Case: Metro Transit: Driver Shot, Bus Flies Over a Bridge


14 Individuals In Crises





15 The Crisis Communications Plan





Appendix A: Generic Crisis Communications Plan for a Large Company


Appendix B: Crisis Communications Plan for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission


Appendix C: Crisis Communications Plan for a Fictitious Small Business

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.10.2010
Reihe/Serie Routledge Communication Series
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 522 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Marketing / Vertrieb
ISBN-10 0-415-88059-9 / 0415880599
ISBN-13 978-0-415-88059-6 / 9780415880596
Zustand Neuware
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