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Effects of Crisis Responsibility and Crisis Communication Strategies on Acceptance and Public Relationship in Case of Blog Crises

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2013, 9(11), pp.93-114
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

정혜승 1 Yung Wook Kim 2

1에스씨통신
2이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to examine to what extent crisis responsibility and crisis communication strategies adopted are accepted by the public when a power blog copes with a crisis and their effects on the public relationship. The experiment scenario took into consideration of the level of crisis responsibility and the type of crisis communication strategies. Blog crises were categorized into high and low responsible crises based on attribution theory and crisis communication strategies included the rebuild, diminish, and deny strategies based on the Situational Crisis Communication Theory(SCCT). The results indicated that crisis types and crisis communication strategies had main effects on the level of acceptance, but the interaction effect was not found. People had favorable attitudes in case of a low responsible crisis and the usage of the rebuild strategies. The interaction effect on the public relationship was found, but the main argument of linking crisis types and crisis communication strategies in the SCCT was not verified. Also the diminish strategy got the lowest score on the acceptance of crisis communication strategies and the public relationship, which is contrary to the SCCT argument. These results implied that the SCCT should take into account other variables when applied in the Korean situation. Theoretical ramifications were discussed based on the results.

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