Communication and catastrophic events : strategic risk and crisis management / edited by H. Dan O'Hair, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Mary John O'Hair, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
1 Addressing Catastrophes Through Communication Science 1

H. Dan O’Hair and Mary John O’Hair

2 Where is it Safe? Questioning Education Policy, Safety, and Choices for Students Traveling Internationally During a Global Health Crisis 11

Ellie Holliday, Jason Hope, and Amanda U. Potterton

3 Addressing the Role of Prior Experience in the Development of Risk Perceptions, Information Seeking and Processing Behaviors During Natural Disasters 29

Laura M. Fischer, Cara Lawson, and Taylor K. Ruth

4 Enhancing Catastrophic Event Preparedness and Response: The Inoculation Approach 49

Bobi Ivanov, , Lindsay L. Dillingham, Erin B. Hester, and Kimberly A. Parker

5 Communication Strategies to Initiate and Sustain Catastrophe Compassion 65

Erin B. Hester, Bobi Ivanov, Kimberly A. Parker, and Mehroz Sajjad

6 Social Marketing Strategy: Enhancing Preparedness for Catastrophic Events 84

Kimberly A. Parker, Sarah A. Geegan, Erin B. Hester, and Bobi Ivanov

7 Building Risk Communication Infrastructure by Bolstering Emergency Managers’ Formal and Informal Communication Networks 103

Bradley A. Trefz, David H. Bierling, Andrew Christjoy, and Joshua B. Barbour

8 Individual Disaster Communication Following Catastrophic Mass Violence: The Case of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting 120

Matthew L. Spialek and J. Brian Houston

9 Social Media Misinformation about Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Structures, Communication Processes, and Individual Factors that Influence the Diffusion of Misinformation 137

Kevin B. Wright

10 “The Princeton Outbreak”: A Case Study of a University Health Crisis and Implications for Communicating Science 155

Judy F. Jarvis, Ralph A. Gigiotti, and John Kolligian

11 Blue or Stormy Skies?: The Roles of Strategic Risk Communication in Protecting Communities Before, During, and After Severe Weather 174

Anita Atwell Seate, Brooke Fisher Liu, Ji Youn Kim, Xin Ma, Saymin Lee, and Daniel Hawblitzel

12 Risk and Crisis Communication: Considering Catastrophic Mudslides in Uganda’s Bududa District 191

Angella Napakol, Anne Neville Miller, Timothy L. Sellnow, Deanna D. Sellnow, Ann Mugunga, and Johnny Khaukha

13 Risk, Science, and Health Collaborations during Cascading and Simultaneous Disasters 206

Rebecca M. Rice and Megan E. Cullinan

14 Communicating Inclusively and Reliably about Climatological and Meteorological Events: Social Network Analysis, Message Framing, and Communication Competence 219

William T. Howe and Maria Shpeer

15 How Government Leaders Use Social Media During Disasters. A Scoping Review 239

Lauren B. Cain

Index 255

"As one of the volumes in the Wiley Blackwell series entitled, Communicating Science in Times of Crises, this and the following fourteen chapters take up the issue of Catastrophes and how these events are manifested and eventually managed through strategic risk and crisis management. In Chapter One, the conceptual groundwork is laid for understanding the semantical properties and implications of the term, Catastrophes. An associated field of study is risk and crisis management and is discussed from a theoretical perspective with some practical observations thrown in from time to time. In the last section of the chapter, a brief synopsis is offered for the remaining fourteen chapters of the book. Catastrophic conditions explored in the book are varied but represent a nice sampling of these events as they have unfolded quite recently"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
H. DAN O’HAIR is Professor of Communication at the University of Kentucky. He is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research and has served as an associate editor for more than three dozen scholarly journals. Dr. O’Hair has authored and co-authored over 100 research articles and scholarly book chapters in the fields of communication, risk sciences, applied communication research, health, medicine, and business.

MARY JOHN O’HAIR is Professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. Dr. O’Hair served as Dean of the UK College of Education and as Vice-Provost and K20 Center Director at the University of Oklahoma. She was the founding editor of Teacher Education Yearbook and has served as co-editor and associate editor for multiple publications in communication and education disciplines.