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JACR is a peer-reviewed publication of NCA that publishes original scholarship that contributes to knowledge about how people practice communication across diverse applied contexts.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Our case study of a statewide homelessness initiative shows how "vertical resource dependency" can stall shared leadership, limit collective action, & trap groups in a vicious cycle,” Dr. Woo noted. The article describes how leaders can support more balanced partnerships to avoid these dynamics.
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As tackling big social problems often requires multiple organizations to work together, sometimes with government funding, the authors provide practical ways leaders can communicate more effectively to support stronger, more balanced partnerships in resource-limited settings.
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They explore how the 2024 Earth Connection Film Festival that screened 24 international films covering climate change through the lens of hope, connection, and responsibility. The report shares how the program was scientifically justified to achieve funding and the dev. of the festival…its outcome.
July 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
5. From recovery to preparedness: an examination of resources, individual disaster communication, and anticipatory resilience capacity during the 2023 U.S. #tornado season by Matthew L. Spialek & Scott E. Branton at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From recovery to preparedness: an examination of resources, individual disaster communication, and anticipatory resilience capacity during the 2023 U.S. tornado season
Multi-phase research is needed to understand how disaster-impacted residents maintain and adapt individual disaster communication (IDC; Spialek & Houston, 2018; Spialek et al., 2021). Residents eng...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
4. Facilitating social media engagement of missing persons posts: an application of the crisis and emergency risk communication model by Cailin M. Kuchenbecker & Hannah Ball at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Facilitating social media engagement of missing persons posts: an application of the crisis and emergency risk communication model
Guided by the crisis and emergency risk communication model (CERC), this two-part study identifies strategies law enforcement currently use to crowdsource missing person (MP) information, and exper...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
3. Intercultural disaster communication and community #resilience: examining post-#hurricane communication in communities with limited English-speaking proficiency by Yaguang Zhu, Janet Yang, Keri Stephens & Lucinda Austin at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
As flash floods ravage areas like the Texas Hill Country, research shows that technology alone cannot save lives during flooding emergencies.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
2. Rectifying a #flood data desert one step at a time: a co-created, engaged scholarship approach by Keri K. Stephens, Samanta Varela Castro, Yifan Xu, Andrew Juan, Nicholas Diaz, Russell Blessing & Samuel D. Brody at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rectifying a flood data desert one step at a time: a co-created, engaged scholarship approach
Attention to public problems is increasingly being driven by data. Given that data is used as a communication tool, a lack of data may further exacerbate existing inequities when allocating public ...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM