Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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139810 | Public Relations Review | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Only recently has research begun concerning the longer-term aftermath of organizational crisis. This essay presents the genre of disaster rhetoric as a viable strategy to address the problems and opportunities that arise when the media write about crisis anniversaries or news stories that refer to any crisis or disaster, past or present. After a brief review of genre theory, the authors outline the seven functions of the “rhetoric of disaster” and provide multiple examples of their application to public relations activity and its news coverage. The essay concludes with questions that practitioners may use proactively in the development of copy points to address each of the rhetoric of disaster's functions.
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Authors
Jeffrey L. Courtright, Gerald Z. Slaughter,