Blog Functions as Risk and Crisis Communication During Hurricane Katrina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12449461
AutoresWendy Macias (0000-0001-6408-1821, Grady Memorial Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Karen Hilyard (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Vicki S Freimuth (University of Georgia), Vicki Freimuth
Año2009
Volumen15
Número1
Páginas1-31
Fecha de publicación2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1083-6101 • E-ISSN: 1083-6101
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01490.x
OpenAlexW1985170303
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas20

Blogs were examined during the 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. city of New Orleans to better understand what risk and crisis communication functions they served. The 4 major functions-communication, political, information, and helping-included both filtering and linking about rescue needs and efforts, missing persons, ways to offer and find assistance, fostering community, and providing information on damage and government response. A thinker function was fulfilled where bloggers expressed opinions, especially on government response. An additional function not previously delineated was identified, which might be termed emotive or therapeutic. In addition, several of the blog functions indicate the role the Internet plays in maintaining a sense of community in times of crisis

Crisis communication · Crisis response · Emotive · Function (biology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Hurricane katrina · Natural disaster · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Risk Perception and Management