*New book from Nordicom
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After the Tsunami. Crisis Communication in Finland and Sweden
*/Ullamaija Kivikuru & Lars Nord (Eds.)
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2009, 219 p. (Price EUR 25)
The tsunami in Southeast Asia during Christmas 2004 resulted in the largest
number of lost lives in Finland since the Second World War. In Sweden, the
tsunami disaster caused about as many deaths as the sinking of the
ferry Estonia in the Baltic Sea in 1994. In both countries, the tsunami
disaster can be described as one of the worst catastrophes experienced
during the post-war period.
This book examines how this dramatic and unexpected event
affected public communication patterns and practices in countries like
Finland and Sweden. The communicative relations between government
actors, the media and citizens always significantly affect the
development of crucial democratic values such as trust, accountability
and legitimacy. However, it is also reasonable to believe that these
values are more difficult to maintain when public communication is
under hard pressure, as is most often the case during serious crisis
situations.
The book covers different topics related to this issue, such as
strategic political communication, media coverage, newsroom practices,
public opinion and the use of new media in Finland and Sweden after the
tsunami disaster.
For further information see
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=291&me=13
Best regards,
Ulla C.
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Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor
Director
NORDICOM
University of Gothenburg
Box 713
SE 405 30 Göteborg
www.nordicom.gu.se
