Crisis Communication Management
Stages and Best Practices of Crisis Management
Crisis Communication Management Theories
Articles & Case Study
Miscellaneous
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This researcher defines a crisis as a negative circumstance involving an organization and. its stakeholders such as employees, customers, and investors.

W. Timothy Coombs

100

True or False. Defining what counts as a crisis at your organization is one of the tips of a social media crisis management.

True

100

This theory explains how managers should handle crisis response strategically based on the organization’s level of responsibility for the event.

Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT)

100

What is the name of the Chinese twitter?

Weibo

100

According to W. Timothy Coombs, this is a negative event that affects both an organization and its stakeholders.

A crisis

200

Kathleen Fearn-Banks defines this as a process of strategic planning for a crisis that removes some risk and uncertainty and allows an organization to be in greater control of its own destiny.

Crisis management

200

Is controlling the message one of the benefits of social media in crisis management?

Yes

200

According to Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), these are the three clusters of crisis events that vary in reputational threat.

Victim, accident, and intentional

200

Wiki leaks used this social media platform to share leaks and communicate with the public:

Twitter

200

The rise of this technology in the 1990s made crises evolve faster, spread wider, and become harder to control for communicators.

The Internet

300

This ongoing global survey by Edelman Intelligence measures trust in institutions like business, government, NGOs, and media.

The Edelman Trust Barometer

300

Which stage of crisis management is the after math companies have to do after the crisis?

Post-crisis

300

According to Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), these are the four strategies organizations can use to handle crises.

Rebuild, diminish, deny, bolster

300

According to the case study, who often faces the most online harassment and stalking?

Women and marginalized users

300

In the Cracker Barrel rebranding crisis, which three stakeholder groups were directly impacted by the backlash?

Customers, investors, and employees

400

According to the 2019 Edelman Report, when trust in business, government, and media declined, people turned to these figures to lead the way.

Their employers

400

In the five stage model, which stage tries to limit the duration of the crisis when it occurs?

Containment

400

In Social-Mediated Crisis Communication Model (SMCC), these three audience types describe how people engage with crisis information online.

Influencers, followers, and inactives

400

What is the phrase used to represent how online communicators care for each other in the case study?

“Are you okay?”

400

The “Trust in Crisis” era began around this year, when global confidence in institutions sharply declined.

2017

500

In the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, this phrase described the global decline in trust across all four key institutions for the first time in twenty years.

“Trust in crisis”

500

What benefit can help brands/companies have control over their side of the story?

Brand positioning

500

This model combines traditional and social media crisis strategies.

Integrated Crisis Communication Model (ICC)

500

What is the theory called discussed in the Weibo article that treats technology as an active participant in human actions?

Actor-Network Theory (ANT)

500

In a crisis, management fixes the issue, while communication does this.

Explains, apologizes, and restores trust

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