Crisis managers benefit from understanding how crisis communication can be used to
protect reputational assets during a crisis. Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) …

This review explicates the past, present and future of theory and research concerning
audience perceptions of the media as well as the effects that perceptions of media have on …

Despite the importance that the media has in regard to influencing people's perceptions of
wrongdoing, organizational scholars have paid little attention to how the media reports …

Media scholars as well as the public frequently use the terms “mass communication” and
“mass media”, but the meaning of these terms is often ambiguous. While it is assumed that …

This article represents the first attempt to examine the effects of political scandals via meta-
analysis. Seventy-eight studies, collectively including more than 54,000 participants, were …

One of the most obvious trends in Western democracies, during the past decades, has been
the decline of citizens' political support (that is, the growth of negative attitudes toward …

The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News examines how changes in the news media
since the golden age of television--when three major networks held a near monopoly on the …

Abstract The United States sports industiy is a multi-billion dollar industry. Corporations
attempt to curry favor with consumers by aligning their products and services with this …

Although political scandals receive unprecedented attention in the contemporary media, the
knowledge of political scientists regarding the consequences of such scandals remains …

The concept of product positioning is well established in the commercial communication
sphere, as are the notions of issue definition and agenda setting in the field of political …