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Walton, Laura Richardson, Cooley, Skye C., & Nicholson, John H. (2012). “A great day for oiled pelicans:” BP, Twitter, and the Deepwater Horizon crisis response. Public Relations Journal, 6(4), 1-30. Summary On April 20, 2010, British Petroleum (BP) experienced one of the most tragic industrial accidents in history when 11 employees were killed and dozens more injured … Continue reading “A great day for oiled pelicans:” BP, Twitter, and the Deepwater Horizon crisis response

DiStaso, M. W., Messner, M., & Stacks, D. W. (2012).  The wiki crisis: BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Wikipedia. In S. C. Duhé (Ed.), New media & public relations (2nd ed., pp. 302-310). New York:  Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Summary In times of crisis, people turn to the Internet and the use of social … Continue reading The wiki crisis: BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Wikipedia