Research in action – learning lessons from COVID-19
In December, 2022 I found myself sitting in a hotel bar in Almaty, Kazakhstan talking with a friend and colleague
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Category: Media
Poor Communication Risks Lives: COVID-19 Lessons Learned in England & Scotland
Public health practitioners have long known that poor communication during health crises risks lives. This is why the WHO and
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Beyond Crisis Response: A Better Way to Think About Risk & Crisis Communication
When many think about crisis communication, they think about what happens once a crisis emerges and traditional research in the
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Is No News the Same as Fake News?
In the Trump era, we’re increasingly debating what is ‘real’ news and what is ‘fake news’. I think most sensible
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Good resources for background research
In our crazy information rich world, it’s sometimes hard to evaluate ‘credible’ sources. I think it’s usually worth having a
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Reconceptualizing Mass Communication as Engagement: The Influence of Social Media
This editorial was first published in the Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism and is re-posted under Creative Commons Attribution License. “For
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