Sensemaking and crisis revisited: the failure of sensemaking during the Flint water crisis     

William D. Nowling  Matthew W. Seeger 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2020,48(2):270-289

ABSTRACT

This study operationalized Weick’s [(1988). Enacted sensemaking in crisis situations. Journal of Management Studies 25(4), 305–317 and (1993). The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch disaster. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 628–652] theory of enacted sensemaking to examine the communication processes associated with the Flint Water Crisis of 2014–2015. A content analysis of 389 emails and attachments from a total population of N?=?37,376 pages of publicly released e-mails and documents pertaining to Flint’s water issues, identified examples of failed sensemaking by government officials. These failures hastened and intensified a growing crisis of lead contamination and an outbreak of Legionnaires disease associated with Flint’s municipal water system. Analysis of email messages suggests that strong commitments by top leaders and limited capacity were important factors as were efforts to create and maintain consensus among officials. The Flint Water Crisis offers an important application of sensemaking theory and its utility for both organizational and risk communication scholars and for practical application. The authors emphasize the importance of questioning previous assumptions and commitments, insuring that communication practitioners are involved in decisions, and avoiding over reliance on image repair as a strategic response.  相似文献   

Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challenges and future possibilities     

Megan K. Schraedley  Hamilton Bean  Sarah E. Dempsey  Mohan J. Dutta  Kathleen P. Hunt  Sonia R. Ivancic 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2020,48(2):166-185

ABSTRACT

This forum brings together food, (in)security, and communication. The authors participating in this forum center communication as both process and tool for understanding, mitigating, and making meaning of food (in)security. The nine authors together discuss the role of communication in food (in)security, the central challenges for scholars and practitioners working on food (in)security, and the creative possibilities and impacts influencing the future of food (in)security. The forum produces a call for applied scholars to re-imagine communication frameworks in order to make meaningful differences in their communities.  相似文献   

政务B站号信息传播效果影响因素与实证研究     

陈强  张杨一  马晓悦  曾润喜 《图书情报工作》2020,64(22):126-134

[目的/意义] 作为政府与青年群体沟通的重要平台，政务Bilibili账号的信息传播效果直接决定其沟通效率和效果。对政务Bilibili账号信息传播效果影响因素的研究有利于沟通效果的提升。[方法/过程] 本研究基于共青团中央Bilibili账号的471个样本，采用内容分析和回归分析等系统考察内容主题、视频类别、封面图类型、屏幕形式、字幕、组织形式、剪辑率和视频时长等因素对政务Bilibili账号信息传播效果的影响。[结果/结论] 结果表明，科技类、音乐类和时尚类主题的视频能够提升整体传播效果，科技类视频的贡献度最高；情景剧、实拍视频和监控视频都正向显著影响整体传播效果，实拍视频的贡献度最高。视频剪辑率、竖屏视频、字幕添加、合作创作等均能显著提高整体传播效果，竖屏在整体传播效果模型中的贡献度最大。视频时长和封面图的作用不显著。政务Bilibili账号运营应充分释放青年的爱国势能、创新视频形式、优化视频制作流程、创新组织形式。  相似文献   

体医融合相关体育产业创新发展研究     

郑朝沙  符〓壮 《广州体育学院学报》2020,(1):36-38

体医融合是党和政府提出的健康中国国家战略的具体实施措施之一,它不仅为体育健康产业与医疗行业的结合指明了方向,而且也将促成一个新的行业,或者说是体育健康产业中的一个新的分支。体医融合需要实现体育运动促进健康过程的量化控制,实现医学治疗与运动锻炼的完美结合,因此它是新事物,需要从基础研究到管理、实施全方位的创新与构建。  相似文献   

清末民初镖局推动武术发展之历史审视     

吴宣廷 《河北体育学院学报》2020,34(5):91-96

审视中国古代镖局中镖师武术的技术特征、传承传播、发展演变，能够再现早期武术发展状况，丰富武术历史研究内容，还可总结历史经验，为新时代推广武术、弘扬武术文化提供借鉴。运用文献资料法和历史分析法，就镖局对清末民初武术发展之推动作用进行分析。认为，镖局是实现武术功能职业化转型的重要组织，推动了武术的顺时代创新演变，开辟了多元的武术传播途径，稳固了师徒传承方式，推动了武术价值的多元化发展，促进了暗器、轻功等罕见武技的深造与传承，为“以武报国”提供了重要的物力支撑。  相似文献   

汇川H2U系列PLC之间RS-485通信的实现     

尚丽  叶国平 《苏州市职业大学学报》2020,(2):15-21

主要研究了汇川公司H2U可编程控制器(PLC)的通信技术,实现了两个H2U系列PLC之间基于RS-485的通信,并详细介绍了PLC之间通信的硬件连接方式、通信串口参数配置、触摸屏画面的设计以及程序实现。所讨论的方法已在采用H2U PLC及辅助设备组建的"运动控制系统"课程的教学实验平台上进行了验证,可以拓展应用于多台H2U PLC之间以及其他设备与H2U PLC之间的RS-485通信实现,对工程应用具有一定的借鉴意义。  相似文献   

三自由度并联式波浪补偿平台建模与仿真     

唐刚  胡超  胡雄 《上海海事大学学报》2020,41(1):20-26

鉴于船舶在波浪中的六自由度运动中,其升沉、横摇和纵摇运动对船舶工作平台上的设备影响较大,设计一种三自由度并联式波浪补偿平台来减少这种影响。通过对平台进行运动学分析,得到平台的运动学模型。利用ADAMS和Simulink建立带有控制系统时间延迟参数的虚拟样机模型,依据平台的运动学模型设计对船舶运动进行补偿的控制策略,并利用虚拟样机进行仿真,验证平台机构和相应控制策略对船舶运动的补偿效果。结果表明:当控制系统的时间延迟参数取值为1 ms时,平台对船舶升沉、横摇和纵摇运动的补偿效果分别为88.81%、95.44%和91.97%;当控制系统的时间延迟参数取值为0.1 ms时,平台对船舶升沉、横摇和纵摇运动的补偿效果分别为96.04%、99.07%和97.65%。由此可见:平台对误差有一定的包容性;可利用具有船舶运动预测功能的算法为平台提供超前的船舶运动数据或者提高控制系统的实时性来提高补偿效果。  相似文献   

公众参与视域下公共档案馆微信平台互动研究     

马志颖 《兰台世界》2020,(4):42-45

公众参与是衡量现代民主政治发展的重要指标,公共机构与社会公众双方良性互动显得至关重要。从档案微信公众平台建设上看,存在公众参与地域不均、公众参与程度不高、档案部门回应力度不够、微信公号吸引性不足的问题。提出应加强档案宣传教育,转变档案部门服务意识,提高公号内容质量和拓宽互动形式等建议,以期提高双方互动效率,实现档案服务质量和档案价值的提升。  相似文献   

从信息检索系统评估到知识服务平台评估     

李月琳  韩宏亮 《图书情报工作》2019,63(1):52-59

[目的/意义]随着知识服务平台的发展，如何通过评估改善知识服务平台的功能和设计以更好地服务于用户成为重要的问题。本文旨在探讨知识服务平台的评估要素和评估标准，为知识服务平台的评估实践提供理论指导。[方法/过程]从信息检索系统评估出发，回顾和梳理信息检索系统评估、数字图书馆评估的相关研究和理论模型、数字图书馆的评估要素和标准。[结果/结论]基于总结和归纳以往信息服务类系统的评估要素，结合知识服务平台的特征，阐述知识服务平台评估的要素和评估标准。  相似文献   

The role of a digital engineering platform in appropriating the creation of new work-related mind-set and organisational discourse in a large multi-national company     

《International Journal of Information Management》2019

This paper reports on a case study involving a strategic and innovative approach to creation of an in-house multifaceted digital engineering platform (the DEP) in overcoming a number of organisational problems at a multinational engineering company. The DEP was to be used strategically for simplifying the operational complexity and to create and appropriate new work-related mind-set and new organisational discourse to achieve homogenous working across the organisation, which is a huge challenge. The need for this system emerged from the need to resolve many organisational services related problems that carried phenomenal amount of processes, health and safety risks and to regulate, and, control the running of engineering project. Research data were collected using a longitudinal case study approach over a period of six months. In order to make sense of how the DEP helped the organisation, the study used certain elements of Extended Structuration Theory as a lens to assess the case study. This research discovered that the DEP succeeded in creating and appropriating work-related mind-set and organisational discourse. It also had real influence on working processes and employees at all levels while encouraging transparency, responsiveness, agility and accountability. It continues to help the organisation to govern, manage and maintain good standard of service but many barriers still remain.  相似文献