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Community Narratives during a crisis: The Tennessee Valley Authority ash spill. (with Tatjana M. Hocke), National Communications Association Conference (2010)
Increasing dialogue in disasters: Incorporating social media in risk and crisis communication. (with Shari Veil and Buehner T), National Communications Association Conference (2010)
Social media bookmarking services: Managing and sharing information from a centralized source (with Karen Freberg and Shari Veil), National Communications Association Conference (2010)
Historical evolution of community right to know: Implications on the development and practice of public relations (with Bernardo Motta), Centre for Public Communication Research (CPRC), The Media School, Bournemouth University (2010)
The right-to-know approach to public policy – also known as regulation through revelation – is...
Community response to the Tennessee Valley Authority ash spill: Information seeking and building reputation (with Tatjana M. Hocke, Monica Colon-Aguirre, and Karen Freberg), 14th Annual meeting of the International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness (2010)
Corporate (social) responsibility and issues management: Motive and rationale for issue disclosure and organizational change (with Robert L. Heath), Handbook of Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility (2010)
Corporate (social) responsibility, risk management and communication (with Robert L. Heath and Tatjana Hocke), Handbook of Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility (2010)
Current direction of U.S. undergraduate public relations programs: A pedagogical struggle (with Karen Freberg), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2009)
While there is some agreement among educators and professionals about what undergraduate public relations students...
Community building through communication infrastructures (with Robert L. Heath and Dan H. O'Hair), Handbook of risk and crisis communication (2009)
Historical trends of risk and crisis communication, Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication (2009)
Secret persuaders: Ethical and rhetorical perspectives on the use of public relations front groups (with Kathy Fitzpatrick), Rhetorical and critical approaches to public relations (2009)
Community right to know and environmental justice: Public relations practitioners are neither getting nor using the message (with Bernardo Motta), National Communications Association Conference (2008)
Community right to know in China and the United States: Global implications for brand and reputation management. (with Bernardo Motta), 12th Annual meeting of the International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness (2008)
Yahoo! Inc.'s reputation management in China: A case study of corporate personality and media challenges (with Karen Freberg), 12th Annual meeting of the International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness (2008)
A corporate or brand personality defines how the company is known among its stakeholders, making...
Risk communication and community right to know: A public relations obligation to inform, Public Relations Journal (2008)
Risk communication and community right to know are increasingly important functions of public relations within...
Risk communication and community right to know, National Communications Association Conference (2007)
University reputations and campus health education campaigns: Managing strategic stakeholder relationships (with John Brummettee), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2007)
Innovative risk communication strategies: Building resilient relationships and reputations within community stakeholders (with Robert L. Heath), 11th Annual meeting of the International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness (2007)
Media narrative frames of industrial chemical accidents: News sources, risk characters, and advocated plots (with Emma Wright), International Communication Association Conference (2007)
Crisis and risk communication: A meta-analysis of symbiotic research streams (with Emma Wright), International Public Relations Research Conference (2007)
Crisis and risk communication are integrable functions. This project is in the initial stages of...
Nature, crisis, risk, science, and society: What is our ethical responsibility?, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture (2007)
In his keynote address, Robert Cox raised key questions, many of which force us to...
Strategic risk communication: Adding value to society (with Robert L. Heath), Public Relations Review (2007)
The purpose of this paper is to provide a concise summary of the evolvement and...
A social, narrative approach to risk communication: Extending Palmlund's typology of risk roles, National Communications Association Conference (2006)
A new typology of risk communication process variables (with Elizabeth A. Crisp), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2006)
Strategic risk communication campaigns: Some insights from the culmination of a decade of research (with Robert L. Heath), International Communication Association Conference (2006)
Media coverage of chemical manufactoring accidents: Legal and medical representatives filling the crisis information void (with Emma Wright and Sunny Lipscomb), International Public Relations Research Conference (2006)
This study extends analysis of the meaning contained in risk discourse by deconstructing media narratives...
Disclosing special interests: Constitutional restrictions on front groups (with Kathy Fitzpatrick), Journal of Public Relations Research (2006)
Front groups are controversial public relations techniques used by organizations to influence public opinion and...
Responsible advocacy through strategic risk communication (with Robert L. Heath), Ethics in public relations: What is responsible advocacy? (2006)
Risk perceptions, terrorism security efforts and industry support: Implications for communities (with Robert L. Heath and Emily Dunn), National Communications Association Conference (2005)
The increased threat of and heightened concern for terrorist attacks since 9/11 has reinvigorated the...
Risk communication and chemical manufactoring facilities: A community's perception of terrorism security efforts (with Robert L. Heath and Emily Dunn), International Public Relations Research Conference (2005)
Community right-to-know vs. terrorists' exploitation of public information (with Robert L. Heath and D McKinney), Community prepardness and response to terrorism (2005)
Terrorism and industrial chemical production: A new era of risk communication (with Robert L. Heath and E M. Oberton), Communication Research Reports (2005)
The increased threat of and heightened concern for terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001 has...
Risk narratives: Multicultural publics, roles and communication process perceptions (with Robert L. Heath), National Communications Association Conference (2004)
Strategic risk communication: A longitudinal analysis of a community's emergency response awareness and practices (with Robert L. Heath), National Communications Association Conference (2003)
Sustained strategic risk communication: A longitudinal analysis of community's zones of meaning (with Robert L. Heath), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2003)
Strategic risk communication and community relations: An analysis of sustained emergency response campaigns, International Public Relations Research Conference (2003)
Practical application of the most current research in public relations - front groups and "Astrotruf" lobbying: Legal ramifications for public relations (with Kathy Fitzpatrick), Public Relations Society of America International Conference (2002)
Front groups and "Astroturf" lobbying: Legal ramifications for public relations (with Kathy Fitzpatrick), International Public Relations Research Conference (2002)
Another part of the risk communicatin model: Analysis of risk communication process and message content (with Robert L. Heath), Journal of Public Relations Research (2002)
The authors undertook a study to define the messages that exist in 2 communities of...
Community relations and risk communications: A longitudinal study of the impact of emergency response messages (with Robert L. Heath), Journal of Public Relations Research (2000)
This study replicates and extends Heath and Abel's (1996) quasi-longitudinal analysis of the long-term impact...