[Commlist] New Book: Communication Amid Mega-Crises

New Book: Communication Amid Mega-Crises
ISBN 9781041007463
174 Pages
Published November 10, 2025 by Routledge

By
Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond
(dsellno /at/ siue.edu) <mailto:(dsellno /at/ siue.edu)>
Marta N. Lukacovic
(marta.lukacovic /at/ angelo.edu) <mailto:(marta.lukacovic /at/ angelo.edu)>

Taking up the unique challenges of mega-crisis events, this book 
provides a framework for rethinking crisis approaches and designing a 
world that is better prepared to avoid or minimize these catastrophic 
events.

In this book, the authors argue that mega-crisis events and phenomena, 
such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, necessitate a shift 
from traditional managerial approaches to crises that operate within an 
assumed pre-crisis, crisis, post-crisis framework. They instead 
acknowledge the structural nature of mega-crises while putting at the 
center the role of communication to address these crises. The book 
considers the structural, social, political, economic, and cultural 
tenets of effective communication before and during mega-crisis events. 
It examines issues of leadership, inclusive messaging, and the 
politicization of risk, while addressing emerging challenges like the 
impact of AI and misinformation.

This book is suited to advanced students and scholars within crisis 
communication, emergency management, public health, public 
administration, and interdisciplinary studies, and will be of interest 
to researchers in the public policy and community building arenas.

https://www.routledge.com/Communication-amid-Mega-Crises/Sellnow-Richmond-Lukacovic/p/book/9781041007463 


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TOC

1. Mega-Crises and Communication: Elevating Crisis Communication Thought 
amid Complex Sociological, Ecological, and Political Problems

2. A Framework for Comprehensive Mega-Crisis Communication

3. Mega-Crises and Leadership Communication

4. Mega-Crises and Vulnerability

5. Mega-Crises and Marginalization

6. Mega-Crises and (De)politicization

7. Mega-Crises and Securitization

8. Mega-Crises and Media

9. Mega-Crises and Artificial Intelligence

10. The Future of Mega-Crisis Communication

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Biography

Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond is Associate Professor of Applied 
Communication Studies and Director of Graduate Studies at Southern 
Illinois University Edwardsville, USA.

Marta N. Lukacovic is Associate Professor of Communication and Mass 
Media and Director of Graduate Studies at Angelo State University, USA
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