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Best Practices For Effective Corporate Crisis Management: A Breakdown Of Crisis Stages Through The Utilization Of Case Studies, Katelyn Smith

Journalism

In the most recent decade, there has been a shortage of effectively managed corporate crises. This study is meant to discover the reasons behind the ineffective crisis management responses through the inspection of past corporate case studies in crisis management, as well as what can be done to help corporations use crisis management more effectively. The best practices in effective corporate crisis management in the three different stages of a crisis were attained through the utilization of case studies and expert opinions. The recommendations for practice include making pre-planning and evaluation regarded as more important in crisis management plans, choosing …

Prospectus, February 29, 2012, Briana Kay Stodden, Buster Bytes, Chanelle Stokes, Mark Roughton, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND POLICE ARE FREEZIN' FOR A REASON, Students to Participate in Ireland Study Tour, The GOP Puzzle, Are People Taking Casual Attire Too Far?, New and Improved Wi-Fi Connection at Parkland, Power is Ours to Fix Government, Harvard Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain, When Students Fall Asleep in Class: Is It Disrupting or Motivating Your Learning?, Cobras Baseball Ready for 2012 Season, Cobras Softball Preview, Angelina Jolie at the Oscars: The Leg that Roared

V. 79, Issue 13, February 24, 2012

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, February 22, 2012, Alisha Kirkley, Briana Kay Stodden, Dean Swift, Buster Bytes, Spencer Brown, Mark Roughton, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations

Prospectus 2012

THE SIDE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA, Black History Month Poetry Slam 2012, U.S. Colleges: Gifts Rise 8.2 Percent to $30.3 Billion, Prop 8 Voted Unconstitutional, How to Ace Your Midterms the Easy Way, Preventing Identity Theft, China's Human Rights Record Can't Be Ignored, Simple, Realistic Solution to Fixing the U.S. Economy, Celebrate George Washington, Cobras Basketball Defend Home Court, No "Off Season" for Cobras Baseball, WPCD to Co-Sponsor Pygmalion Spring Series, The Greatest Oscar Acceptance Speech That's NEVER Given

V. 79, Issue 13, February 17, 2012

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, February 15, 2012, Alisha Kirkley, Jacob Kuppler, Buster Bytes, Morgan Bernier, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2012

A FRIENDLY "P.U.S.H." TOWARD A HEALTHIER LIFE, Parkand Gains National Spotlight With Urban Greening Award, Parkland Open House, Cold Winter Weather, Snow in Short Supply This Season, Smoking Near the Parkland Entrances: How do Students Feel About This Issue?, Start Planning for Spring Break, 'Megatrouble' for Megaupload, Singlism: the Latest Prejudice, Regionalism: United We Stand?, Hall of Fame Ceremony an Added Highlight to Cobras Win, Watching TV: a Different Experience Today

Spartan Daily February 15, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 138, Issue 10

V. 79, Issue 12, February 10, 2012

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, February 8, 2012, Briana Kay Stodden, Jacob Kuppler, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations

Prospectus 2012

OBAMA ADDRESSES IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, New Student Services Center Expected by Summer 2013, Woodworking Training Gets Boost From Donation, Enrollment Numbers Down at Parkland, Religious Rock Art Topic of Next World of Science Lecture, Komen REverses Decision to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Psychologists Debate Social Media Role in Suicide Interventions, Getting to Know My Parkland College, Do You Know How Your iPad is Made?, College Costs too Much, What Sort of Technology Would You Like to See in the Future?, Former Cobra's Success Stems From Parkland, Music Industry Says Goodbye to an Icon

Optimizing Social Media In Humanitarian Crisis Responses, Mark J. Mullaney

The Macalester Review

The social media boom has brought about a new age of communications and connectedness in our world. Just as the advent of televised news brought more attention to humanitarianism, social media has the capability to alter how humanitarian responses are viewed, coordinated, and executed. However, despite the vast potential of social media, humanitarian actors have been hesitant to fully incorporate it within their modus operandi. This essay explores the reasons for their skepticism and looks at cases where social media was put to good use during humanitarian crises. Using that information, we will argue that several measures can be …

Prospectus, February 1, 2012, Jacob Kuppler, Alisha Kirkley, Tyler Cravens, Buster Bytes, Rod Lovett

Prospectus 2012

A LOOK AT AFRICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE, Black History Month at Parkland, Food Service Changes on Horizon, Twitter's Censorship Policy Stirs up a Storm, Diners Can’t Do Without Their Smartphones, Famous African-Americans in Technology, A Year Later in Egypt, the Revolution Continues, Our Leaders, not Colbert, Made the Mockery, PC Women Roll Past Lincoln, #13 Lincoln Uses Second Half Surge to Put Away Cobras, Super Ads: The Super Bowl is a Make-or-Break Night for Advertisers

Spartan Daily January 30, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 138, Issue 2

Prospectus, January 25, 2012, Jacob Kuppler, Alisha Kirkley, Morgan Bernier, Buster Bytes, Spencer Brown, Mark Roughton

Prospectus 2012

COMMITTEE FORMED TO ADDRESS ISSUE OF PLAGIARISM, Resources for Students, Families in Need, New Policies to Affect Nursing Program Applicants, Homework Help is Good Business, U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate Remains Highest in Developed World, Homelessness Drops, but Advocates Still Worry, His Misson: Give Young Men Vision, SOPA, PIPA Shelved After Protests, Consensus Needed on Web Piracy, American Movie Industry's Box-Office Blues, What's Your Opinion?, The Cobras Walk-On Connection, Cobras Baseball Signs 15 New Players, Coachella Festival Unveils Expanded Lineup, Reality TV: Deliveries, Fashion and Comic Books

Prospectus, January 18, 2012, Jacob Kuppler, Alisha Kirkley, Morgan Bernier, M.C. Neal, Tyler Cravens, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2012

NEW SHOWS, EVENTS TO MAKE DEBUTS AT PARKLAND, Parkland Expands Science Course Offerings, National Defense Authorization Act Sparks Debate Among Studetns, Wikipedia, Google to Protest SOPA, 11th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Q&A With the Student Government President, Meet the Coffee Professor, Ask Buster: Questions From the Readers, Now's the Time to Save for College, A United States of Europe?, What's Your New Year Resolution?, Cobra Men Beginning to Hit Their Stride, Women's Basketball Continue Strong Season

Metaphor And Stories In Discourse About Personal And Social Change, L. David Ritchie

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Barack Obama campaigned on the theme of ‘change,’ and as the first African-American to win the U. S. Presidency, he embodies changes of historical and cultural importance. Central among the changes Obama advocates is his attempt, throughout his campaign, to depart from the ‘old politics’ and keep racial issues in the background. However, at a crucial point in the campaign he was forced to confront these issues when a potentially damaging controversy erupted over a series of comments, widely regarded as unpatriotic, made by his personal friend and spiritual adviser, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. How Obama dealt with this crisis …

Tiered Networks: Modeling, Resource And Interference Management, Mustafa Cenk Erturk

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The wireless networks of the future are likely to be tiered, i.e., a heterogeneous mixture of overlaid networks that have different power, spectrum, hardware, coverage, mobility, complexity, and technology requirements. The focus of this dissertation is to improve the performance and increase the throughput of tiered networks with resource/interference management methods, node densification schemes, and transceiver designs; with their applications to advanced tiered network structures such as heterogeneous networks (i.e., picocells, femtocells, relay nodes, and distributed antenna systems), device-to-device (D2D) networks, and aeronautical communication networks (ACN).

Over the last few decades, there has been an incredible increase in the demand …

The Cat Is Back: Analyzing Newspaper Coverage Of Mountain Lions In The Midwest, Chloe Euston

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Communication Technology In Disaster Management, Denise Nicole Walker

Wayne State University Theses

ABSTRACT

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

by DENISE WALKER

This thesis will analyze different case studies involving catastrophic disasters. I will compare their rescue response from the government to FEMA's response to Katrina, to establish a basis for comparison. The Midwest Floods and California fires will be compared to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans because these places are prone to natural disasters. I will look at each of these states ecology to explain why these states are prone to floods, fires and hurricanes. Unlike the Midwest and California, Hurricane Katrina received far less help from the government and FEMA. I …

Three Interdisciplinary Studies On It Outsourcing, Sonia Gantman Vilvovsky

2012

This dissertation provides interdisciplinary insights into the role of client's internal collaborative experience in managing communication during a complex outsourced project, building a quality client-vendor relationship and ultimately achieving success in the project. Each of the three studies in this dissertation identifies a gap in existing scholarship and proposes an interdisciplinary research agenda.

The first essay advances the development of the public sector IT outsourcing (ITO) inquiry by consolidating the existing research into an analytical framework and validating a part of the framework with rich qualitative data collected from collaborative initiatives of public safety agencies ("Public Safety Networks", or PSN). …

Johnson & Johnson's Recall Debacle, Lashonda Louallen Eaddy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been viewed as a role model by many organizations for its successful handling of a 1982 crisis involving cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules that resulted in seven deaths. The public relations community applauded J&J for a swift response and for promptly implementing actions to prevent a similar crisis from occurring in the future. However more recently, J&J has become a poster child for poor crisis communications amidst a flood of recalls that started in November 2009. The present study used concepts from Coombs’ (2004) Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) and media framing research to develop a coding …

A Framing Analysis: The Nba's "One-And-Done"Rule, Daniel Ryan Beaulieu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In 2006, the NBA introduced the "one-and-done" rule that restricted high school graduates to enter directly into the NBA draft following high school. In turn, a high school prospect would essentially now have the option of playing professionally elsewhere (most likely overseas), enter the NBA's Developmental League, or play NCAA basketball. The rule has proved to be quite controversial, as it has had a great effect on both NBA and NCAA basketball, as well as the players. Various media outlets have been quite vocal not only about the rule itself, but the perceived effects it has had on both collegiate …

The Effects Of Negative Publicity On The Performance Of Professional Baseball Athletes., Crystal M. Smallwood

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study researched the effects of negative publicity on the performance of professional baseball athletes. Four athletes’ performance statistics were evaluated before a scandal that produced negative publicity, during the height of the negative publicity and after the scrutiny tapered off. Chipper Jones, Wade Boggs, Alex Rodriguez and David Justice were the athletes chosen for the study, and all four athletes experienced a similar scandal and negative publicity about their personal and professional lives. The results showed an effect on performance, but it was not always negative and could not be definitively linked to the negative exposure in the media. …

Prospectus, December 7, 2011, Josh Grube, Alisha Kirkley, Angie Broughton, Jacob Kuppler, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2011

C-U UNDERGROUND SCENE PICKS UP THE PACE, Keys to College Students' Success Often Overlooked, Tips for Going Green this Holiday Season, Common Student Study Myths and Tips, Stop Online Piracy Act: What You Should Know, Millennials: Shape Your Political Future, You Went to College for That?, Cobras Volleyball Finishes Off Another Strong Season, Cobras Look to Rebound From Tough Start, 99% Movement Makes the Most of the Social Web

Chimes: December 2, 2011, Calvin College

Chimes

Dance guild's 'Footloose' dazzles, but lacks variety by Haley Cox

Florence avoids sophomore slump by Michelle Ratering

Meijer leaves legacy by Libby Stille

Students serve across nation by Marissa Beversluis

Frequent headers may cause injury by Allison Schepers

NATO airstrike stirs anger in Pakistan by Paulina Heule

Soccer continues streak, will take on Oneonta in final four by Mark Dehaan

Local Television Coverage Of A Mall Shooting: Separating Facts From Fiction In Breaking News, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt

Communication Faculty Publications

Local TV news emphasizes the earliest stage of crimes because ‘‘breaking news’’ is fresh, dramatic and visual. A qualitative analysis was conducted using a comprehensive set of recordings of the first three-and-a-half hours of local television news coverage in Omaha, Nebraska. This study identified a series of ongoing issues that have important implications for newsroom decision-makers. Local television news used charged and dramatic language, such as that shooting victims were ‘‘fighting for their lives.’’ Reporters and news managers find themselves in the middle of a struggle between two options: remaining a distant and objective observer of events, or connecting with …

Prospectus, November 30, 2011, Alisha Kirkley, Tyler Cravens, Jacob Kuppler, Buster Bytes, Spencer Brown, Josh Grube

Prospectus 2011

A GUIDE TO SIGNING UP FOR CLASSES, Shoppers, Stores Go Mobile This Holiday Season, The Legacy of Eight Years of War, Veterans Returning to College Face Unique Challenges, Q & A With Parkland's Student President, Students Prepare for Return to Seasonal Work, A Close Look at the Kindle and Nook, Weird Weather and the New Climate Reality, The High Price of Data Breaches, Cobras Women's Basketball Start Season Strong, Album Review: Twin Atlantic's "Free," Ugly Sweater Snowdown: A Toys for Tots Benefit, Parkland Pops to Perform "Summer in Winter" Concert, Holiday Music Concert by Parkland Wind Ensemble

Prospectus, November 16, 2011, Josh Grube, Morgan Bernier, Alisha Kirkley, Kelley Heaney, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton

Prospectus 2011

HOW TO GIVE BACK THIS THANKSGIVING, The Evolution of Thanksgiving, Veterans Day Observed at Parkland, Black Friday Changes More Than Just Prices, Four-Year Schools Courting Community College Graduates, The History Behind Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Campus Technology Plans to Improve Wi-Fi, A Sensible Solution to Student Loan Debt, Backgrounder on 'Net Neutrality' Policy, Cobra Baseball Players Sign National Letters of Intent, Video-Game Review: 'Battlefield 3'

Columbia Chronicle (11/14/2011), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from November 14, 2011 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 49 pages and is listed as Volume 47, Number 11. Cover story: "Open doors gala" Editor-in-Chief: Brianna Wellen

Prospectus, November 9, 2011, Morgan Bernier, Alisha Kirkley, Josh Grube, Brian Cafarelli, Kelley Heaney, Buster Bytes, Rod Lovett

Prospectus 2011

BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS PROJECT HELPS STUDENTS CONNECT, Parkland's Agricultural Program Helps to Keep Illinois Running, Professors Diligent in Trying to Stop Students' Plagiarism, Assistance for Adult Students at Parkland, 2011 ICCSAA Student Leadership Conference, Parkland Debate Team Finishes Second in Recent Tournament, Parkland Hosts PechaKucha Volume 8, iPhone Apps for College Students, Rising College Costs, Debt, Crushing Best and Brightest, Online Shopping: Freedom, Fantasy & Financial Ruin, Parkland Volleyball Wins Region 24, Players Make Friends, Zynga Makes Money

V. 79, Issue 7, November 4, 2011

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.