Boston blasts - Crisis Management Case

BOSTON BLASTS 15/04/2013

ENGLISH MEDIA PERSPECTIVEby

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WHAT HAPPENED• 15/4/2013 in Boston during the Boston

Marathon

• 2 bomb explosions close to the finish line

• 1 final bomb explosion 10 minutes later at the JFK Library

• 170 people injured and 3 dead, one of them a 8 year-old boy

Main article, front page

• Objective perspective

• Just mentions the facts

• No commenting

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740857.ece

Article covering exclusively the death of the 8 year-old boy

1. Sentimental tone“Martin’s mother, Denise, and six-year-old sister, Jane, are in hospital with “grievous injuries”.”

2. Pictures of the boy and his family 3. Description in detail of the exactway it happened

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740425.ece

Article about the testimonies of the citizens

1. Intense mentioning

2. Representational tone

3. Sentimental way of presenting – moving title

“We’ve had an attack,” says another dazed, horrified voice on another piece of video footage. ”Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.”

• Main article on the front page

• Video of the exlosion

• Functions as a gate for the live blog

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates

• Constant enrichment of one article

• Addition of new information (every 2 minutes approximately)

• Extremely sentimental tone“I yelled, that's my wife, can I please go with her? And I got in the ambulance. She was cool as a cucumber. In my mind I'm trying to be calm for her but I'm freaking out.” Testimony of Nicholas Yanni, a patient and eyewitness

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates

Posts about young victims – in a very realistic way – sentimental tone

Promotions the motivating movement of Boston.com about donations

• One whole category about Boston

• Mentions Obama’s statements and cites the president’s transcript – objective perspective

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME !!

Maria LoufardakiParaskevi Georgiou

Athina KarakostaLinda Mata

Eirini Martaki

CRISIS MANAGEMENT LAB of PANTEION UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Professor : Mania Ksenou

Coordinator : Betty Tsakarestou