scholarly journals Focusing on the “Public” in Public Relations: The Importance of Person-Centered Messages (PCMs) in Crisis Communication on Twitter

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 93-128
Author(s):  
Soo Kwang Oh ◽  
Kyung-Hyan Yoo ◽  
Jennifer Owlett
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Crisis Type ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

Based on the theoretical frameworks of situational crisis communication theory (SCCT) and person-centered messages (PCMs), this interdisciplinary study conducted a 2 x 3 experiment to examine the role of PCMs in crisis management on social media. Our findings suggest that crisis type (victim, preventable) has an effect on people’s perceptions/reactions toward an organization and that PCM levels (low, medium, and high person-centered messages) in crisis communication on social media influence organizational reputation and participants’ intention to post negative feedback about the organization in crisis. We suggest that when organizations are responding to crisis online, they provide additional attention to the interpersonal dynamics of those interactions. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Commentary—Space is Hard: Using Social Media for Selective Investigative Disclosure as a Multi-faceted Crisis Communication Strategy to Achieve Technical Transparency

2021 ◽  
pp. 232948842097860
Author(s):  
Eric D. Waters ◽  
Scott C. D’Urso
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Reputation Management ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory

In this commentary, we note that situational crisis communication theory (SCCT) provides useful guidelines for an organization to protect its reputation during a crisis. However, when a high reliability organization (HRO) faces a crisis, openness often supersedes reputation management as a priority as maintaining the public’s trust is paramount. Unfortunately, SCCT in its present form does not account for this distinction. With the present research, we seek to extend SCCT by offering additional crisis response options for HROs which further explicate the evolving role of social media in providing an effective crisis response. A content analysis of 18 tweets and eight website updates, released by a private spaceflight corporation, allows us to offer investigative disclosure as a new crisis response category and technical transparency as a new crisis response objective. We propose a nuanced view that situates investigative disclosure as an antecedent to corrective action.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF INSTAGRAM AS AN INFORMATION DELIVERANCE TO THE CITIZEN BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OF SALATIGA CITY GOVERNMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Silvia Widya Kusumaningtyas ◽  
Zon Vanel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Active Role ◽  
City Government ◽  
Online Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Media ◽  
Government Public Relations ◽  
The Government

<span lang="IN">Social media is one type of new media that facilitates the process of communication among human. Social media makes it easy for users to communicate and share information in a wider range. At present, not only people use Instagram, but the government also needs to keep up with the time to participate in using Instagram as an online information media. Public Relations of the Salatiga Government is one of the public relations departments that uses Instagram as an online information media to provide information needed by the community.<br /> This research aimed to find out how the content of the information was<span>  </span>and how the role of instagram was as an information deliverance to the citizen by the public relations of Salatiga. Through qualitative methods research, data is collected by means of interviews and observations. The results showed that the Salatiga <span> </span>Government Public Relations Instagram account had a role to increase brand awareness, connect many people and as a source of information/ business promotion.Public Relations of the Salatiga Government considers that Instagram plays an active role in conveying information to the public. This is seen from the many positive responses received by the Salatiga City Government Public Relations during managing Instagram as a modern information deliverance.<span>     </span></span>

scholarly journals Analysis of the Government's Crisis Communication Strategy Discourse to Defend Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Anton Surahmat ◽  
Susanne Dida ◽  
Feliza Zubair
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Communication ◽  
The Government

Crisis communication is one of the most important instruments in crisis management. Unfortunately, there is a lot of criticism about how the Indonesian government implemented its crisis communication strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic season. This study aims to uncover the government's crisis communication strategy from the perspective of Van Dijk's critical discourse analysis. Based on the Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), researchers study the structure of discourse in texts consisting of macro, superstructure, and micro. There were 6 press releases from President Jokowi, Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, and Spokesperson dr. Achmad Yurianto was collected using a purposive sampling method to describe the government's crisis communication strategy at the beginning of pre-crisis and crisis. The results show a significant dynamic crisis communication strategy on how the government implemented it in the pre-crisis and crisis phases. In the pre-crisis phase, they were statements from public officials especially in this case coming from President Jokowi and Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto. Both of these statements tend to lead to Deny and Diminish's strategy while still delivering messages in the form of Adjustments and Instructive Information so that the public remains alert and calm. However, in the crisis phase, government communication shifted towards Diminishes' statement, in the view of Justification that the crisis was actually not so terrible and bad. This is the biggest idea that emerged in the statement of President Jokowi and Spokesperson dr. Achmad Yurianto. Broadly speaking, this phase also provides a greater perspective on projections of government policy in the Covid-19 arrangement.

scholarly journals Navigating Crisis: The Role of Communication in Organizational Crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sky Marsen
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Reputation Management ◽  
Organizational Crisis ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
The Rich

This article introduces the special issue on crisis communication, whose aim is to bring together diverse approaches and methods of analysis in the field. The article overviews the field by discussing two main frameworks, dealing with postcrisis (reputation management) and precrisis (issue management) communication, respectively. The article then overviews some major theories of crisis communication and their different methodologies: image repair, situational crisis communication theory, rhetorical arena theory, narrative, and integrated crisis mapping. It ends with a description of some lessons learned that apply to all approaches and an overview of the contributions to the issue. By comparing and contrasting different perspectives on crisis communication, the article emphasizes the rich diversity that characterizes this branch of business communication.

scholarly journals COMMUNICATION CRISIS IN THE NEW MEDIA ERA DURINGTHE PANDEMIC-19 IN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (09) ◽  
pp. 478-483
Author(s):  
Fahmi Saleh ◽  
◽  
Ditta Sri Gustiny ◽  
Supradaka A ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
World Health ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Confidence

This study discusses the communication crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study of the scope of the spread of Covid-19 through the air. This study uses the theory of SSCT (situational crisis communication theory) by Choombs, 2007. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The crisis that occurred at WHO could result in a loss of public trust in WHO as a trusted source of world health information, WHO proved wrong. Based on the understanding of crisis communication, the crisis of discrepancies in information conveyed by WHO regarding the spread of the corona virus through the air is an information crisis that occurs due to human error, where WHO is considered negligent in reviewing any information before it is conveyed to the public. Based on research, that society in general lacks peoples self-confidence so that they often get information through new media that they receive without finding out the truth, so that people only think about living during the covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals KRISIS KOMUNIKASI PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 (Studi Kasus Pemberitaan Penyebaran Covid-19 melalui Udara)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Fera Indasari ◽  
Ida Anggriani
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
World Health ◽  
Situational Crisis Communication Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Difference

This study discusses the communication crisis in the mass pandemic Covid-19, a case study in the coverage of the spread of Covid-19 by air. This research uses the theory of SSCT (Situational crisis communication theory) by Choombs, 2007. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. the crisis that occurred at WHO could result in the loss of public trust in WHO as a reliable source of world health information, WHO was proven wrong. Based on an understanding of crisis communication, the crisis of the difference in information conveyed by WHO regarding the spread of the corona virus through the air is an information crisis that occurs due to human error, where WHO is considered negligent in reviewing any information before it is submitted to the public. Based on crisis communication theory, WHO is trying to rebuild public trust using the rebuild method, here WHO is rebuilding trust by not condemning the actions of some researchers who think that WHO has been wrong in conveying information to the public, In addition to having acknowledged to the media that based on available evidence regarding the spread of Covid-19 WHO has also not posted information that contains opposition that the corona virus could not be transmitted through the air a few months ago, based on the results of a survey conducted by researchers by checking the WHO Instagram account, and the WHO official website.  Keywords: situational crisis communication theory, WHO, Covid-19

scholarly journals Exploring Negative Spillover Effects on Stakeholders: A Case Study on Social Media Talk about Crisis in the Food Industry Using Data Mining

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10845
Author(s):  
Dorit Zimand-Sheiner ◽  
Shalom Levy ◽  
Eyal Eckhaus
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Major Reaction ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

Focusing on public-centered, social-mediated crisis communication, the current exploratory study drew on situational crisis communication theory to formulate a comprehensive view of consumer reactions to crisis. Data mining and automated content analysis techniques were utilized to analyze social media posts by the public during a crisis in the cereals industry. Two path analyses showed that: (a) crisis-related social media posts tended to skip over competitor brand products, followed by two major reaction paths—(1) a rational path based on guilt attribution that justifies implications for the company and (2) an emotional path associated with public distrust; and (b) public self-blame spilled over to other stakeholders such as the government and economic system. The results give voice to issues that concern the public during crises, both as individuals and as a community. They highlight the fact that sustainable crisis management should involve additional stakeholders. Conclusions and implications for society and practice are suggested.

scholarly journals PERAN MEDIA SOSIAL DALAM MEMPROMOSIKAN PARIWISATA SUMATERA BARAT

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Revi Marta
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Media Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Social Media Management

One of the PR activities is promotion, in this case public relations must promote tourism potential spread throughout the province of West Sumatra. West Sumatra area is very rich in tourist destinations, it is unfortunate if the promotion is carried out by certain parties who have high awareness of the tourism potential of West Sumatra. But today, new media is not only used in the fields of journalism, politics, marketing, but has also penetrated the world of public relations. Therefore, in this study the results of the study found that the role of public relations in managing social media as a medium for promoting tourism in Sumatra is in accordance with the role of public relations stated by Dozier and Broom, which plays a role as Communication Facilitator, Communication Technician, Problem Solving Process Facilitator, with Constraints faced by West Sumatra Province Public Relations in using social media in the promotion of tourism is in terms of the effectiveness of social media management, it is seen that the potential and condition of the HR officers of the Public Relations Bureau that are available, compared to the workload of the Public Relations Bureau, is felt to be inadequate.

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