| Description |
341 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Why it has become a culture of attack : entitlement and rage -- Main ingredients of allegation : plausibility and resonance -- The need for witch hunts -- Victimhood and the scourge of living -- The attackers -- The two breeds of crisis -- How the media pique the culture's rage -- Schadenfreude and its four stages -- Power, Prozac, and the four stages of schadenfreude -- Legitimate schadenfreude -- The Internet/media attack combination -- Alleging is believing -- The accused face the press -- Dissuasion -- Likability and attack -- No fame, no gain : the desperate lunge for visibility -- Usual suspects : crisis cast of characters and dissuasive facts of life -- The anti-nail 'em -- Icon power -- The limits of spin -- An outlook for damage control |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index |
| Subject |
Public relations.
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Crisis management.
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| LC no. |
2003003710 |
| ISBN |
1591020476 paperback alkaline paper |
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