Jenna L CurrieMueller Background Organization is privileged Expanding field and contexts Need inclusivity A new form of crisis Tightcoupling Increased entropy of society New events that defy current understanding ID: 807425
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Defining Mega-Crisis: Explication and Implications for the Field of Crisis Communication
Jenna L. Currie-Mueller
Slide2Background
Organization is privileged
Expanding field and contexts
Need inclusivity
Slide3A new form of crisis
Tight-coupling
Increased entropy of society
New events that defy current understanding
Slide4What is a mega-crisis?
Unique crises that permeate throughout society, affect multiple publics, and require societal intervention in order to contain or resolve the crisis.
Slide5What is a mega-crisis?
Unique
crises
that permeate throughout society, affect multiple publics, and require societal intervention in order to contain or resolve the crisis.
Slide6What is a mega-crisis?
Unique crises that
permeate
throughout
society
, affect multiple publics, and require societal intervention in order to contain or resolve the crisis.
Slide7What is a mega-crisis?
Unique crises that permeate throughout society,
affect
multiple
publics
, and require societal intervention in order to contain or resolve the crisis.
Slide8What is a mega-crisis?
Unique crises that permeate throughout society, affect multiple publics, and require
societal
intervention
in order to contain or resolve the crisis.
Slide9What is a mega-crisis?
Unique crises that permeate throughout society, affect multiple publics, and require societal intervention in order to
contain
or resolve
the crisis.
Slide10Implication & Application
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (MC)
Malaysian Airlines flight 370
Syrian refugee crisis (MC)
Slide11Selected References
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