Ruthann Weaver Lariscy

TL;DR: This paper conducted content analysis of Facebook wall comments in U.S. House and Senate races during the 2006 midterm election and found that individuals who wrote on candidate walls perceive themselves on friendly terms with the candidates, overwhelmingly write messages that are shallow and supportive, and are positive in tone.

TL;DR: The authors quantitatively examines 18 years (1991-2009) of data from the crisis communication domain in public relations using Coombs' situational crisis communication theory and Benoit's image restoration theory as the theoretical foundation for analysis.

TL;DR: Using telephone surveys of business/financial journalists in the United States (n ǫ = 200), the authors investigated the agenda-building role of social media content in journalists' work.

TL;DR: Overall low adoption rates for social media tools are demonstrated, however, significant differences were observed for adoption based on size of communities, with urban communities exhibiting highest adoption rates, followed by suburban, large town, and rural communities.

TL;DR: In this article, a quantitative content analysis is used to evaluate crisis response strategy analyzed in more than 18 years of research published in crisis communication literature in public relations to reveal its effectiveness, nature, and contextual application.