One of the areas of interest both in teaching and in research of course is crisis communications – whether it is looking at natural disasters or social media crises, or even those that are occurring in society. This is a case where it is not necessarily based on a life Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: three 2012 trends in social media “Can you believe we’ve just sailed past the first half of 2012? Social media continues to make inroads into our business lives and is finally being taken seriously by business leaders in most industries from entertainment to Read more…
Progresso appears to be dealing with a crisis at the moment with regards of BPA, or other words the industrial chemical bisphenol A, which has been reported to be in their cans. BPA has been linked to several different health issues such as infertility and cardiovascular disease. Here is some more Read more…
When you are thinking about sports crises, some may think at first the Tiger Woods case a few years ago. Or even the Michael Vick situation with dogfighting. However, one case study that covers the sports industry with a dark cloud originates from College Park, PA. The Penn State crisis Read more…
In the news, we are seeing various reports on crisis situations around the country as well as around the world. We have had a lot so far this year in 2012 – starting off with the Costa Concordia and then the continuation of the Jerry Sandusky trial. What we have Read more…