Risk and Crisis Communication During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Muddled Messages

This book examines the challenges of communicating risk and crisis messages during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide recommendations for managing future global health crises.

List of contents

1. The COVID-19 Pandemic 2. COVID-19: An Unexpected Pandemic? 3. The World's First Digital Pandemic 4. Outbreak Communication 5: Lockdown Messages 6. Communicating Uncertainty 7. Risk Messages, Form, and Context 8. Audiences and Messages 9. Public Trust 10: The Infodemic Scourge 11. What We Have Learned from the Pandemic

About the author

Martin N. Ndlela is a Professor of Crisis Communication at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and Research Associate at the Department of Strategic Communication, University of Johannesburg.

Product details

• Authors: Martin N. Ndlela, Martin N. (Inland Norway University of App Ndlela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032513577
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251357-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Research in Communication Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Personal & public health, Communication Studies, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical Sociology, Personal and public health / health education, Infectious and contagious diseases