Crisis Communications Archive
Weather the Storm
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn. Immersive virtual reality experience: “Weather the Storm.” https://www.ugavr.com/weatherthestorm Overview: Weather the Storm is an immersive virtual reality experience designed to help coastal residents understand the true […]
Health Persuasion Enablers and Barriers, Intertwined: Uncovering the Roles of Trust, Risk Tolerance and Message Fatigue among Australian Adults
Hyoyeun Jun (PhD alum), Amisha Mehta, Youngji Seo (PhD alum), Yan Jin, and Jacob Riley. (2025). “Health Persuasion Enablers and Barriers, Intertwined: Uncovering the Roles of Trust, Risk Tolerance and Message Fatigue […]
Overcoming Informational Conflict: The Role, Limits, and New Opportunities of Expert Voices in Crisis and Risk Communication
Xuerong Lu (PhD alum), Yan Jin, and Santosh Vijaykumar (forthcoming). “Overcoming Informational Conflict: The Role, Limits, and New Opportunities of Expert Voices in Crisis and Risk Communication.” Crisis and Risk […]
Developing a READINESS Mindset with Trauma-Informed Management for Crisis Communication
Nicholas Eng, Madden, S., & Rongting Niu (Ph.D. student). (Accepted). Developing a READINESS Mindset with Trauma-Informed Management for Crisis Communication. Journal of Communication Management. Abstract: This online survey with 456 communications […]
UGA Transdisplinary Earth System Science for Global Solutions and Public Engagement (ENGAGE)
Michael Cacciatore and Glen Nowak are part of a $2,974,744 five-year University of Georgia proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation to create a UGA Transdisplinary Earth System Science for […]
Information Vetting as a Key Component in Social-mediated Crisis Communication: An Exploratory Study
Abstract: In order to understand publics’ information consumption behavior in current media environment, this study addresses how and why individuals vet information (or not) in crisis situations. Grounded in dual-process […]
The State of Crisis Communication Research and Education Through the Lens of Crisis Scholars: An International Delphi Study
Abstract: This Delphi study explores the status of crisis communication research and education qualitatively through the lens of 22 internationally recognized crisis communication scholars, systematically recruited and retained to serve […]
2019 Emerald Literati Award for Excellence
2019 Emerald Literati Award for Excellence – Highly Commended Paper, Corporate Communications: an International Journal -LaShonda Eaddy and Yan Jin (2018). “Crisis History Tellers Matter: The Effects of Crisis History […]
Book Contract: Advancing Crisis Communication Effectiveness: Integrating Public Relations Scholarship with Practice
Abstract:: Advancing Crisis Communication Effectiveness shows how crisis communication plans and efforts for complex and challenging issues benefit when academic perspectives are connected with practitioner experiences. This book brings crisis […]
Treading Troubled Water
Abstract: Institutional knowledge and collective learning are invaluable resources for the corporate communications profession. How corporations and government agencies have historically communicated with publics provides historical parameters for developing public […]