Hostage crisis

Jim Scatterfield was quoted saying “misinformation in a crisis can be its own disaster and increase confusion” (“How” 3). Sometimes, information being reported can be misleading because it was posted too soon or it is just simply incorrect. Social media can also cause a harm to the country as a whole from terrorist…

Gossip Girl (CW, 2007-2012) is a drama television series about a group of fictional wealthy teenagers living on the Upper East Side in New York City. It is based off of a book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar. Though the characters all attend the same prep school, the show mostly focuses on what they do in their non-academic lives. The drama portrayed in this series is more extreme than other comparable teen drama shows, such as The O.C or 90210. This is due to the controversial topics that are…

With an emergency department averaging over 70,000 patients each year, YRMC is operating at or near capacity (YRMC Community Outreach Department, 2017). For the hospital, threats and CRISIS COMMUNICATION PLAN 4 hazards can come in the form of floods, windstorms, hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, epidemics, extreme heat, bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction, mass casualty, and other natural, technological…

risis is indeed a word used daily in my job setting. A crisis can be defined in many ways. According to Kanel (2014), a crisis is a state of disequilibrium that occurs after a stressor (precipitating event). The person is then unable to function in one or more areas of his or her life because customary coping mechanisms have failed. An example of a crisis that I recently dealt with was with one of the students I currently work with. He lost his mother on October 31st a few years ago. At the…

A crisis is “an acute disruption of psychological homeostasis wherein one’s usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment.” The word crisis comes from Greek the krisis, which literally means decision. According to Merriam-Webster a crisis can be, • a: “the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or fever,” • b: “a paroxysmal attack of pain, distress, or disordered function,” • c: “an emotionally significant event or radical change…

Product-Harm Crisis In 2009 the Toyota Corporation encountered a major public crisis. Recalls concerning faulty accelerator peddles which resulted in accidents and fatalities challenged Toyota’s reputation and dependability. The event with the fatal crash in 2009 that led to public outcry was the release of the 911 call that was made from the vehicle. Product-harm crisis occurs when an organization’s products are found to be flawed, unhealthy, or perilous. “The different types of crisis can also…

Tony Packo III helped uncovering the truth as to what actually happened between the Packo family and Mr. Horvath. This presentation was not only informative in learning about his case and the media, but also to develop a deeper sense of thinking beyond what we read in the newspaper. It was interesting to understand the two sides and examine beyond the media to develop my own conclusions about this case. One of the main opinions I had that was incorrect was that Tony Packo III committed theft.…

Out of all difficult situations I personally encountered, nothing ever reached the insanity of my room's bedbug infestation in my junior year. Unfortunately, my family could not afford a bed bug exterminator. With a single mother who makes less than $30,000 a year and a brother in college, hiring an exterminator was a choice we could not afford. Consequently, our circumstances left us with one remaining option: annihilating the nightmares themselves. Ultimately, with the bedbugs originating in…

A crisis is any event that is a dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, community, or a whole society. It’s a time when a difficult or important decision must be made. In a crisis, most people resort to combining together to make a group. There are different types of crises such as economic, environmental, internal or personal. The two most common ways people respond to any type of crisis is to either take it on as an individual or, to form a group to get through the problem. In…

this beat flatlines it is a clear sign of death. Without an essential crisis in a person’s life, that takes them through ups and downs, one is no longer living. This is shown clearly through the…