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Publication details [#51969]
Ibrahim, Amal. 2008. Diffusion of News of the Shuttle Columbia Disaster: The Role of Emotional Responses and Motives for Interpersonal Communication. Communication Research Reports 25 (2) : 91–101.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This paper explores the role of emotion (sadness and anger) in interpersonal news diffusion and discussion following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Overall, interpersonal news diffusion and discussion appear to partly function as coping strategies with emotional responses to news coverage.