Crisis Communications: Lessons from September 11 / Edition 224

by Michael A. Noll, James Alleman, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Menahem Blondheim, James William Carey

Overview

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster.

Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergency communications during crisis. Together, they evaluate the use, performance, and effects of traditional mass media (radio, TV, print), newer media (Internet, email), conventional telecommunications (telephones, cell phones), and interpersonal communication in emergency situations. Applying what has been learned from the behavior of the mass media in past crises, the authors clearly show the central role of communications on September 11. They establish how people learned of the tragedy and how they responded; examine the effects of media globalization on terrorism; and, in many cases, give specific advice for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742525436
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/11/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

A. Michael Noll is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is also affiliated with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia University's Business School and the Media Center at New York Law School.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 The Functions and Uses of Media during the September 11 Crisis and Its Aftermath
Chapter 5 Diffusion of News of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Chapter 6 Civic Actions after September 11: A Communication Infrastructure Perspective
Chapter 7 Communication during the World Trade Center Disaster: Causes of Failure, Lessons, Recommendations
Chapter 8 Response, Restoration, and Recovery: September 11 and New York City's Digital Networks
Chapter 9 The Social Dynamics of Wireless on September 11: Reconfiguring Access
Chapter 10 The Telephone as a Medium of Faith, Hope, Terror, and Redemption: America, September 11
Chapter 11 A Content Analysis of American Network Newscasts before 9/11
Chapter 12 Something's Happened: Fictional Media as a Recovery Mechanism
Chapter 13 September 11 in Germany and the United States: Reporting, Reception, and Interpretation
Chapter 14 The Internet as a News Medium for the Crisis News of Terrorist Attacks in the United States
Chapter 15 The Internet and the Demand for News: Macro- and Microevidence
Chapter 16 History and September 11: A Comparison of Online and Network TV Discourses
Chapter 17 From Disaster Marathon to Media Event: Live Television's Performance on September 11, 2001 and September 11, 2002
Chapter 18 Globalization Isn't New, and Antiglobalization Isn't Either: September 11 and the History of Nations
Chapter 19 Is There a bin Laden in the Audience? Considering the Events of September 11 as a Possible Boomerang Effect of the Globalization of U.S. Mass Communication

Editorial Reviews

The book provides an unusual and compelling look at communication in a time of national crisis. Given its diverse chapters and unique approach, it should be of great interest to a variety of communication scholars and would fit nicely into a number of undergraduate and graduate courses that examine communication processes and effects within mediated, organization, and interpersonal contexts.

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

The book provides an unusual and compelling look at communication in a time of national crisis. Given its diverse chapters and unique approach, it should be of great interest to a variety of communication scholars and would fit nicely into a number of undergraduate and graduate courses that examine communication processes and effects within mediated, organization, and interpersonal contexts.--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

This is a very useful scholarly assessment of communication during a crisis. Recommended.--CHOICE

From the Publisher

This is a very useful scholarly assessment of communication during a crisis. Recommended.

CHOICE

This is a very useful scholarly assessment of communication during a crisis. Recommended.

Choice Reviews

The book provides an unusual and compelling look at communication in a time of national crisis. Given its diverse chapters and unique approach, it should be of great interest to a variety of communication scholars and would fit nicely into a number of undergraduate and graduate courses that examine communication processes and effects within mediated, organization, and interpersonal contexts.

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

This is a very useful scholarly assessment of communication during a crisis. Recommended.

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