Creating Scripts for Crisis Communication: COVID-19 and Beyond

Abstract

Individuals act on information that connects to their daily lives. In emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, these connections are central to maintaining individual health and community safety. Making such connections requires an understanding of audience perceptions; the better technical communicators address these perceptions, the more successful their materials can be. This article presents a cognitive framework, based on script theory, to help identify and address such factors in the COVID-19 crisis and in future public health challenges.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2021-01-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651920959191
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  1. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
  2. Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  4. Communication Design Quarterly
  5. Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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