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AFTER THE DELUGE: Publics and Publicity in Katrina's Wake

Michael C. Dawson
- 01 Mar 2006 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 01, pp 239-249
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The authors present some data as an entry into a brief discussion of how different publics evaluated the disaster, and the implications for how we think about civil society in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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I want to start with a story from the period of chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina. I am going to present some data as an entry into a brief discussion of how different publics evaluated the disaster, and the implications for how we think about civil society in the United States.

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