can public officals [sic] and the media learn to provide responsible crisis communication during disasters?
Prehospital and disaster medicine, 21 (1), 1–3. This article focuses specifically on the consequences of disaster myths and how they mislead the public. It has useful information on what happens if communicators feed into the myths, risking unnecessary panic, and how communicators should not try to avoid sounding uncertain by turning to myths. The article concludes that denouncing the myths or calling them into question ends up bettering communicator’s standing with the public. Kaman, L. (2009). How the Hong Kong Government Lost the Public Trust in SARS: Insights for Government Communication in Healthcare. Public Relations Review, 35, 74-76. This article discusses factors that characterize government behavior during crises; it specifically talks about how the Chinese government reacted during the SARS crisis-what the officials did that worked and did not work. Through the actions of the Hong Kong government, audiences are able to determine which actions worked for the officials and how
