Unwelcome Irritant or Useful Ally? The Mass Media in Emergencies

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When the crew of a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) freight train at Minot, North Dakota spotted anhydrous ammonia leaking from damaged tank cars, they immediately dialed 9-1-1. As a result of that call, the Minot fire department:

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Scanlon, J. (2007). Unwelcome Irritant or Useful Ally? The Mass Media in Emergencies. In Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (pp. 413–429). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32353-4_24

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