OIL AND WATER: CORPORATE INTEREST AND RISK COMMUNICATION PRECEDING THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER

Author

Joshua Seth Cunningham, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow

Date of Award

8-2017

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Communication and Information

Major Professor

John Haas

Committee Members

Sherry Cable, Stuart Brotman

Abstract

Palenchar and Heath (2006) claim that, “organizations find reason to implement programs whereby they increase the public’s understanding of technical processes as a means for lessening the fear of the threatening unknown and of increasing trust.” The research being proposed will hold the British Petroleum Company (BP) to these standards as they relate to communicating emanating from BP before, during, and after the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.

Recommended Citation

Cunningham, Joshua Seth, "OIL AND WATER: CORPORATE INTEREST AND RISK COMMUNICATION PRECEDING THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2017.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4865