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Webinar: Local Disasters Global Concerns: Crisis Communication Solutions to Local and Global Disasters
(Special Event)
Webinar: Local Disasters Global Concerns: Crisis Communication Solutions to Local and Global Disasters
Description: Join Dr. Sweta Baniya's English 4874: Issues in Professional and Public Discourses (Disasters and Crisis Communication) students to listen to their research, findings, and recommendation on local, regional, and global disasters. Along with the presentation, the students will also share an online exhibition curated about these disasters and crisis communication strategies. This event is free for the public and is sponsored by the Center for Humanities. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Sylvester Johnson, Director of Center for Humanities. Student presentation information is below:
1. Kate Stafford & Elisabeth Coffman: Fighting, Flooding and Famine in South Sudan: Consequences of Climate Change, Literacy, and Violence on Disaster Communication
2. Kylie Call & Leah Van Blaircom: The Story Behind Women & COVID-19: Gender Focussed Crisis Communication During Pandemic
3. Hailey Wade & Christine Dinh: Analysis of a Facebook Group during the 2020 California Lake Fire: How Grassroots Organizers Communicate During Crisis
Date and Time: Dec 07, 2021; 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Registration: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dl66k_0zTDegJGy89eSJRg (Click or copy-paste the link)
For more information contact course instructor: Dr. Sweta Baniya (baniya@vt.edu)
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