News Coverage of Global Disasters: Journalism's Power to Aid Healing and Recovery - Paperback

by Michael McCluskey (Author)

News Coverage of Global Disasters: Journalism's Power to Aid Healing and Recovery analyzes news from eight natural disasters, demonstrating how news potentially aided readers. Ten news themes that promote healing, hope and recovery were found across the local and international news sources, providing some evidence of a common journalistic culture.

Author Biography

Michael McCluskey is professor in the department of communication at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.