Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Los oyentes en la construcción de la noticia. El caso del 11-M

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Radio in Spain went through a rather peculiar news-making process between the 11th and 14th of March. Shortly after the terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid during which ETA was blamed, doubts about who was actually behind the bombings produced a crisis in the construction [...]
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Indonesian Crisis Communication Response after Deliberate Forest Fires and Transboundary Haze

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The issue of deliberate forest fires that set illegally in Indonesia by plantation companies in their slash and-burn forests to clear lands for lucrative palm oil plantations and its caused transboundary haze became a hot issue for discussion. These fires have a negative influence [...]

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The Russian Crisis Communication Response beyond MH17 Tragedy

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Effective crisis communication response through using the proper strategies is critical to cope with crises and to protect the reputation and existence of the involved parties. Usually, aviation accidents receive great attention from the media and the public. Malaysia Airlines [...]

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Corporate communication, public relations and reputational risk management in the days of Covid-19

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The Covid-19 crisis has put to the test many social structures processes. Corporate communication and public relations are examples of these processes that face an unprecedented situation, difficult to foresee and from which lessons will have to be drawn for the future. In this article, [...]
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Communication and coronavirus crisis in Spain. First lessons

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Coronavirus crisis has caused a complicated situation at a sanitary, economic and social levels, that requires of a fundamental work in communication area so that the society comprise and collaborate with the adopted measures. Through the review and synthesis of the scientific and [...]
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Discipline and punish: the role of the military, police and civil guards in communicating the Covid-19 crisis in Spain

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This article analyzes the role of the Spanish Army and Security Forces as actors and as a discursive resource in the Spanish Government’s communication during the Covid-19 crisis and covers two complementary questions. On one hand, the presence of the military, police and civil [...]
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Covid-19 communication management in Spain: Exploring the effect of information-seeking behavior and message reception in public’s evaluation

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The World Health Organization (2011) has emphasized communication as one of the biggest challenges and places risk communication among the essential competencies required to tackle a pandemic. In light of the Covid-19 crisis, the aim of this paper is to assess how information forms [...]
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Crisis communication and food safety. Case of listeriosis in larded meat

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The purpose of this research is to study the main communication policies carried out by various public institutions, in accordance with national and European food safety control systems, in order to manage the growing number and severity of food crises. To this end, the outbreak of [...]
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Perception of the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain in television conferences about Covid-19

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The discourses of the political leaders about the Covid-19 pandemic have become central to many television networks. Many citizens follow these press conferences, as they can be affected by the government’s measures against the virus. Due to its importance, analyzing how these individuals [...]
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Influence of government communication on risk perception. An analysis based on the context of the sixth wave of Covid-19 in Madrid

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Risk theorists have frequently discussed the discursive construction of risk perception. In particular, the effect of media consumption on increasing the subjective perception of risk has been highlighted. Not much is known about how government communication affects citizens’ impressions [...]