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Oil and water : media lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon disaster /

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"Along the Gulf Coast, history is often referenced as pre-Katrina or post- Katrina. However, the natural disaster that appalled the world in 2005 has been joined by another catastrophe, this one manmade--the greatest environmental and maritime accident of all time, the Deep Water Horizon Oil Sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Andrea, 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: Roberts, Shearon, 1984-, LaPoe, Victoria, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Subjects:
Disasters > Press coverage > United States.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Press coverage.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Press coverage.
Mass media > Objectivity > United States.
Catastrophes > Couverture de presse > États-Unis.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005 > Couverture de presse.
Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010 > Couverture de presse.
Médias > Objectivité > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Disasters > Press coverage.
Mass media > Objectivity.
Press coverage.
Gulf of Mexico.
United States.
2005-2010
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Table of Contents:
  • Seeking information in disaster
  • Journalists live their disaster stories
  • National versus local disaster news
  • Who runs this disaster? The media and the blame game
  • Sources and accuracy in disaster
  • Visuals of disaster
  • Conclusion.