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Journal articles on the topic "Communication Theory of Resilience (CTR)"
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Wilson, Steven R., Kai Kuang, Elizabeth A. Hintz, and Patrice M. Buzzanell. "Developing and Validating the Communication Resilience Processes Scale." Journal of Communication 71, no. 3 (April 19, 2021): 478–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab013.
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Abstract According to the communication theory of resilience (CTR; P. M. Buzzanell, 2010), people reintegrate from disruptive events and construct a new normal through five interrelated processes: (a) crafting normalcy; (b) affirming identity anchors; (c) maintaining/using communication networks; (d) constructing alternative logics; and (e) foregrounding productive action while backgrounding negative emotions. Enacting these processes creates tensions between continuity and change. This article develops a Communication Resilience Processes Scale (CRPS) to assess CTR processes in response to a variety of disruptive events. Items were created and refined via a scale development study with feedback from expert raters. Studies 2 and 3 offer initial support for the 32-item CRPS’ reliability and convergent, divergent, and predictive validity. Models in which the five CTR processes are subsumed by a single, higher-order resilience factor versus two higher-order interrelated factors (continuity and change) are compared. Future directions for exploring continuity/change tensions and identifying CTR boundary conditions are discussed.
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Lillie, Helen M., Skye Chernichky-Karcher, and Maria K. Venetis. "Dyadic coping and discrete emotions during COVID-19: Connecting the communication theory of resilience with relational uncertainty." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 38, no. 6 (April 22, 2021): 1844–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02654075211009302.
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The current study applies the communication theory of resilience (CTR) to assess married individuals’ utilization of resilience communication during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines pathways between communicative resilience processes, relational uncertainty, discrete emotions, and evaluations of dyadic coping. Married individuals ( n = 561) were surveyed during April 21–April 29, 2020 using Qualtrics panels. Structural equation analyses revealed that most of the resilience communication processes impacted evaluations of dyadic coping via three indirect pathways, including (a) relational uncertainty, (b) relational uncertainty → anger, and (c) relational uncertainty → fear. The alternative logic of humor did not impact dyadic coping through these indirect pathways, but instead directly, positively impacted dyadic coping. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.
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Aurellia, Olivia. "KOMUNIKASI ORANG TUA ANAK RETARDASI MENTAL DALAM MEMBANGUN KETAHANAN KELUARGA DI SLB HANDAYANI SUKABUMI." JKKP (Jurnal Kesejahteraan Keluarga dan Pendidikan) 9, no. 01 (April 27, 2022): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/jkkp.092.01.
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Proses komunikasi yang terjalin antara ayah dan ibu dari anak retardasi mental penuh dengan tantangan, dalam situasi ini anak retardasi mental perlu diberikan perawatan di keluarga. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan komunikasi orang tua anak retardasi mental dalam membangun ketahanan keluarga menggunakan communication theory of resilience (CTR). Metode dan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pengumpulan data melalui wawancara kepada sepuluh informan yakni lima ayah dan lima ibu dari anak retardasi mental. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa komunikasi dilakukan oleh orang tua anak retardasi mental dalam membangun ketahanan keluarga diantaranya a) komunikasi dalam menyusun kenormalan baru, b) komunikasi dalam menyampingkan perasaan negatif dan mengedepankan tindakan produktif, c) komunikasi dalam menegaskan jangkar identitas, d) komunikasi dalam memelihara dan menggunakan jaringan komunikasi, e) komunikasi dalam menerapkan logika alternatif. Kelima proses tersebut memunculkan tema-tema diantaranya komunikasi dengan pasangan, kerja sama, aktivitas sosial, rutinitas baru, mendekatkan diri kepada tuhan, dapat dukungan dalam menciptakan kenormalan, diskusi dengan pasangan, menggunakan hambatan sebagai strategi, percaya diri dalam menjelaskan identitas, berbagi cerita, dapat dukungan ketika mengalami kesulitan, dan membandingkan diri dengan orang lain menjadi faktor untuk membangun ketahanan keluarga, Penelitian ini dapat membantu memberikan informasi mengenai proses komunikasi yang dapat dilakukan oleh orang tua dengan anak retardasi mental untuk membangun ketahanan keluarga.
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Ann Amaratunga, Carol. "Building community disaster resilience through a virtual community of practice (VCOP)." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 5, no. 1 (March 4, 2014): 66–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-05-2012-0012.
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Purpose – This paper aims to discuss a pilot in-progress project to promote community-based research (CBR) as a tool for disaster resilience planning in rural, remote and coastal communities. Using trans-disciplinary approaches, this project demonstrates how emergency and foresight planning in five rural Canadian pilot communities can be enhanced through the co-design of a pilot Web 2.0 “virtual community of practice” (VCOP). Design/methodology/approach – The VCOP initiative was designed with pilot and field site communities to facilitate knowledge generation and exchange and to enhance community resilience. Building a culturally appropriate disaster resilience process is an iterative “process of discovery” and community engagement. Through CBR the project supports practitioners and volunteers to share promising practices and lessons-learned for disaster resilience planning. Findings – The VCOP is being developed in five rural, remote, coastal pilot sites across Canada. Additional field site work is also underway in three urban centres sponsored by a project partner. This paper provides an overview of the initial concept, design and “proof of concept” work currently underway. The pilot project will end in the Fall 2012. Research limitations/implications – Inspired by the work of American adult educator Etienne Wenger, the VCOP entails co-design and co-ownership of a knowledge engagement process; one which enables local “thought leaders” to participate in emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery. The VCOP provides a communication platform and fosters “foresight” planning and “education for critical awareness”. Through the sharing of theory and practice, i.e. praxis, communities are mobilized and empowered to anticipate future risks and threats and plan for resilient recovery. Practical implications – The VCOP foresight planning paradigm challenges the status quo design and delivery of emergency management protocols from traditional “centres of knowledge and power”, e.g. governments and universities and fosters “bottom-up” community-driven planning to anticipate risks and threats and help enhance local capacity for resilient disaster recovery. Originality/value – The novel application of a VCOP to disaster emergency planning is in keeping with the spirit and principles of UNISDR's Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. VCOP has potential to demonstrate disaster resilience “foresight” planning as evidenced in the adoption of promising ideas and practices developed by communities, for communities. As Louis Pasteur once said “Chance favours the prepared mind”.
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Ma, Ji, Rui Kang, Ruiying Li, Qingyuan Zhang, Liang Liu, and Xuewang Wang. "Uncertainty Theory-Based Resilience Analysis for LEO Satellite Communication Systems." Symmetry 14, no. 8 (July 29, 2022): 1568. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym14081568.
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Resilience, the ability of a system to withstand disruptions and quickly return to a normal state, is essential for a low-Earth-orbit satellite communication system (LEO-SCS), as its large number of satellites, may encounter various disturbances. As a developing system with asymmetrical and insufficient data, it is with both aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, which renders existing resilience measures inapplicable. This paper utilizes uncertainty theory to define belief instantaneous availability, based on which a new resilience measure for the LEO-SCS is proposed. As the resilience is mainly determined by the dynamic and uncertain characteristics of an LEO-SCS, an uncertain satellite network evolution model is developed to describe its operating patterns, and an evaluation method is proposed to estimate its resilience. To illustrate our proposed uncertain theory-based resilience evaluation method, an LEO-SCS case with 48 satellites is studied, and its resilience values under different backup strategies are compared to assist in system design decisions.
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Ruiz-Martin, Cristina, Gabriel Wainer, and Adolfo Lopez-Paredes. "Exploration of Network Theory to Evaluate Organizational Resilience." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 28–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.33889/ijmems.2022.7.1.003.
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Recent disasters and rapid changes in the environment have shown various open issues in organizational resilience, in particular the use of communications. We explore the use of Network Theory to study the robustness of communications in organizations regardless their structure and the communication mechanisms used. We focus on how a collapse in the communication mechanisms affects the communication structure in an organization. We use a case study based on an emergency management plan from a Nuclear Power Plant in Spain. We show that Network Theory along with the number of connected components in a network provides a cost-effective way to analyze the communication infrastructure and organizational relations. Network Theory also allows us to build awareness about the communication and information structure inside an organization, and to design a more robust communication network.
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Rogers, Peter, Judy Burnside-Lawry, Jelenko Dragisic, and Colleen Mills. "Collaboration and communication." Disaster Prevention and Management 25, no. 1 (February 1, 2016): 75–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-01-2015-0013.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of Participatory Action Research (PAR), reporting on a collaboration, communication and disaster resilience workshop in Sydney, Australia. The goal of the workshop was to explore the challenges that organisations perceive as blockages to building community disaster resilience; and, through collaborative practitioner-led activities, identify which of those challenges could be best addressed through a deeper engagement with communication research. Design/methodology/approach – The authors link communication, collaboration and disaster resilience through the lens of PAR, detailing how communication and resilience experts can collaborate to improve disaster prevention, management and mitigation practice. Findings – The authors identify a number of theoretical considerations in understanding horizontal and vertical interfaces for improved communication. The authors also highlight how practical collaborative workshops can draw on communication researchers to facilitate collaborative resilience activities. PAR is shown to help move participant focus from resolving inter/intra-organisational tensions to facilitating public good, offering evidence-based recommendations which will foster a more reflexive and communicative approach to building disaster resilient communities. Research limitations/implications – This paper does not seek to apply community resilience to the general public, no community representatives were present at the workshop. This does not mean that the focus is on organisational resilience. Rather the authors apply PAR as a way to help organisations become more engaged with PAR, communication research and collaborative practice. PAR is a tool for organisations to use in building community resilience, but also a means to reflect on their practice. Whilst this should help organisations in building more resilient communities the take up of practice by participants outside of the workshop is a matter for future research. Practical implications – This method of collaborative resilience building could significantly improve the shared responsibility amongst key organisations, mobilising skills and building awareness of integrated resilience thinking in practice for stakeholders in disaster management activities. Originality/value – This paper provides original evidence-based research, showing the linkages between communication theory, collaboration practice and the tools used by organisations tasked with building community resilience. This innovative synthesis of skills can aid in building PAR led disaster resilience across prevention, preparation and mitigation activities for all potential hazards, threats and/or risks, however, it will be particularly of interest to organisations engaged in community resilience building activities.
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Kuikka, Vesa, and Heikki Rantanen. "Resilience of Multi-Layer Communication Networks." Sensors 23, no. 1 (December 22, 2022): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23010086.
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Advances in the future communication technologies and capabilities of new services in heterogeneous network systems have increased the need for modelling and analysing various aspects of both the resilience of networked systems and usability from the user’s point of view. We extend the traditional network reliability theory to cover a wider scope of quality requirements and applications. The proposed method can be used to model the resilience of different structured networks, and the quality of information services. We use the term resilience to cover both the technical and quality-of-service aspects of user requirements. The modelling method is demonstrated with a use case of a multilayer communication network system. However, the method can be used to model any kind of technological network, such as wireless, sensor, and backbone networks.
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Dorrance Hall, Elizabeth, and Kristina M. Scharp. "Communicative predictors of social network resilience skills during the transition to college." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 38, no. 4 (January 27, 2021): 1238–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407520983467.
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Persisting in college requires resilience for emerging adults, who must adapt to a new culture with different norms. Many also struggle with financial pressure, mental health issues, and interpersonal stressors. This longitudinal study proposes and tests a model of the communication factors that predict social network resilience skills during the transition to college. A sample of 436 first-year college students in the Mountain West region of the United States reported their family communication patterns, perceived friend and family support, communication confidence, and social network resilience skills (SNRS) at two points in time. Model testing revealed that friend support, family support, and communication confidence mediate the positive effect of conversation orientation on SNRS. Friend support mediates the positive effect of conformity orientation on SNRS. Theoretical implications for the Communication Theory of Resilience and Family Communication Patterns Theory are discussed.
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Eddington, Sean M., and Caitlyn Jarvis. "Expertise, Knowledge, and Resilience in #AcademicTwitter: Enacting Resilience-Craft in a Community of Practice." Media and Communication 10, no. 2 (April 29, 2022): 41–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i2.5053.
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Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on social networking sites like Twitter. Although popular within academe, less is known about how specific online communities of practice respond and adapt during times of crisis (e.g., building capacity for resilience). We examined 22,078 tweets from #AcademicTwitter during the first two months of the Covid-19 pandemic, which impacted higher education institutions greatly, to explore how #AcademicTwitter enacted resilience during this time. Using text mining and semantic network analysis, we highlight three specific communicative processes that constitute resilience through a form of resilience labor that we conceptualize as “resilience craft.” Our findings provide theoretical significance by showing how resilience craft can extend theorizing around both communities of practice and the communicative theory of resilience through a new form of resilience labor. We offer pragmatic implications given our findings that address how universities and colleges can act resiliently in the face of uncertainty.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Communication Theory of Resilience (CTR)"
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Cao, Lei. "Error resilient image coding and wireless communications /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3052160.
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Murić, Goran. "Resilience of the Critical Communication Networks Against Spreading Failures." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-228883.
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A backbone network is the central part of the communication network, which provides connectivity within the various systems across large distances. Disruptions in a backbone network would cause severe consequences which could manifest in the service outage on a large scale. Depending on the size and the importance of the network, its failure could leave a substantial impact on the area it is associated with. The failures of the network services could lead to a significant disturbance of human activities. Therefore, making backbone communication networks more resilient directly affects the resilience of the area. Contemporary urban and regional development overwhelmingly converges with the communication infrastructure expansion and their obvious mutual interconnections become more reciprocal.
Spreading failures are of particular interest. They usually originate in a single network segment and then spread to the rest of network often causing a global collapse. Two types of spreading failures are given focus, namely: epidemics and cascading failures. How to make backbone networks more resilient against spreading failures? How to tune the topology or additionally protect nodes or links in order to mitigate an effect of the potential failure? Those are the main questions addressed in this thesis.
First, the epidemic phenomena are discussed. The subjects of epidemic modeling and identification of the most influential spreaders are addressed using a proposed Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) system approach. Throughout the years, LTI system theory has been used mostly to describe electrical circuits and networks. LTI is suitable to characterize the behavior of the system consisting of numerous interconnected components. The results presented in this thesis show that the same mathematical toolbox could be used for the complex network analysis.
Then, cascading failures are discussed. Like any system which can be modeled using an interdependence graph with limited capacity of either nodes or edges, backbone networks are prone to cascades. Numerical simulations are used to model such failures. The resilience of European National Research and Education Networks (NREN) is assessed, weak points and critical areas of the network are identified and the suggestions for its modification are proposed.
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Waldbuesser, Caroline. "Extending Emotional Response Theory: Testing a Model of Teacher Communication Behaviors, Student Emotional Processes, Student Academic Resilience, Student Engagement, and Student Discrete Emotions." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556573843625795.
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"The Social Construction and Reciprocity of Resilience: An Empirical Investigation of an Organizational Context." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49187.
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abstract: This research examines the communicative processes of resilience in the organizational context of public education. The research utilizes one-on-one interviews to elicit descriptions of resilience and well-being and collect stories of success and overcoming challenges. The study purpose is two-fold: (1) to understand the ways in which organizational members construct and enact resilience individually and collectively through their talk and stories, and (2) to extend the communication theory of resilience through an empirical investigation of resilience in an organizational context. An iterative, thematic analysis of interview data revealed that resilience, as lived, is a socially constructed, collective process. Findings show resilience in this context is (1) socially constructed through past and present experiences informing the ways organizational members perceive challenges and opportunities for action, (2) contextual in that most challenges are perceived positively as a way to contribute to individual and organizational goals and as part of a “bigger purpose” to students, (3) interactional in that it is constructed and enacted collaboratively through social processes, (4) reciprocal in that working through challenges leads to experience, confidence, and building a repertoire of opportunities for action that become a shared experience between educators and is further reciprocated with students, and (5) is enacted through positive and growth mindsets. This study offers theoretical contributions by extending the communication theory of resilience and illuminating intersections to sensemaking, flow, and implicit person theory. I offer five primary practical applications, discuss limitations, and present future directions highlighting community development and strengths-based approaches.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Communication 2018
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(8744787), Staci B. Smith. "BEND. DON’T BREAK. ANALYZING RESILIENCE AND COPING DIALOGUES ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE AFTERMATH OF TWO TERROR ATTACKS." Thesis, 2020.
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Social media have become increasingly useful in identifying conversations during a
crisis, particularly on Twitter where discussion tends to be public, accessible, and extensive.
Through social media, individuals engage in social interaction and dialogue, making social
media platforms a place where crisis coping activities may be identified, tracked and evaluated.
This study examines crisis response of two separate crisis events, the terror attacks in Paris
(2015) and in Barcelona (2017). Using semantic network analysis, this study examined dialogue
surrounding each crisis over three days following the original crisis events, marked by the
hashtags #Paris (24,728 tweets) and #Barcelona (27,338 tweets). Results show that the most
dominant dialogue in the Paris and Barcelona terror attacks demonstrated central themes of
information distribution, emotional expression, sense of community, and calls to action. More
specifically, results show that the emotional connections trend positive in expressing community
and unity. While most of the literature on crisis emphasizes negative response, this study shows
that positivity during a crisis is a significant theme of discussions. Furthermore, this study
showed resilience in efforts to seek positivity, build community, and create new normals,
suggesting that social media engagement might help facilitate resilience.
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Wesner, Bradley Scott. "When Sugar Turns to Sh%&: Immediate Action Decision Making and Resilience in High Reliability Teams." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10304.
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Organizational scholars have long been interested in organizations which exemplify high reliability. While such organizational studies have provided valuable clues to the ways in which such organizations form and function, this paper argues that a more nuanced study of high reliability processes within team contexts is warranted. This study focuses on organizational teams which are faced with the challenges of maintaining high levels of reliability. Of particular interest is how teams manage adverse events which disrupt the team's process and how they make adaptations immediately to restore their functionality. In my dissertation, I: (1) explore the existing literature surrounding high reliability organization and resilience, (2) present a qualitative analysis of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams to explore and identify factors surrounding adaptation within the critical moment, and (3) discuss the implications of these factors in the theory and research surrounding high-reliability teams.
The findings of this study find strong connection with the work of Weick and serve to advance and clarify previous characteristics associated with high reliability organizing; however, by using the small group as the unit of analysis for the study additions to concepts traditionally associated with high reliability organizing can be noted: (1) controlling variability during team function, (2) accepting the value of the unexpected, (3) continuous forward motion, and (4) the role of tacit and explicit knowledge.
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(11197701), Bailey C. Benedict. "The Use and Utility of Disaster Facebook Groups for Managing Communication Networks after the Camp Fire: A Case Study of the Unique Spaces for Connection for Survivors' Resilience and Recovery." Thesis, 2021.
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With natural disasters occurring with more frequency and severity, understanding how to facilitate survivors’ resilience and recovery is becoming increasingly important. The Camp Fire in California, which started on November 8, 2018, was one of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history in terms of loss of life and damage to property. Aid from many types of entities (e.g., non-profits, governments, and for-profits) at various levels (e.g., local, state, and federal) was available to survivors, but perhaps the most influential source of support was Disaster Facebook Groups. In the month after the Camp Fire, around 50 Camp Fire Facebook Groups (CFFGs) were created, with over 100 CFFGs existing over the course of recovery. CFFGs are Facebook Groups with the goal of helping Camp Fire survivors. The support exchanged in CFFGs was immense and ranged from financial assistance to emotional support to community building. This dissertation offers a mixed-method, event-specific case study of the use and utility of Disaster Facebook Groups after the Camp Fire. I examined how CFFGs offered unique and valuable spaces for connection that allowed members to engage in resilience organizing and disaster response and recovery. To conduct this case study, after engaging in observations of the Groups for over two years, I interviewed 25 administrators of CFFGs and distributed a survey in the Groups that was completed by survivors of the Camp Fire who were members of at least one CFFG during their recovery. I used network perspectives and the Communication Theory of Resilience (Buzzanell, 2010, 2019) as lenses through which administrators’ and survivors’ experiences with CFFGs was understood. I also analyzed the two datasets using multiple and mixed methods but primarily thematic analysis and path modeling.
The analyses for this case study are presented in four studies. The first two studies provide an understanding of the spaces for connection offered by CFFGs (i.e., characterizing the CFFGs and describing the spaces for connection as both helpful and hurtful), while the last two studies examine the use and utility of CFFGs (i.e., explaining the evolution of activity in CFFGs and investigating the connectivity and social support in CFFGs).
Across the four studies, I explored three central arguments, which are the primary contributions of this dissertation. First, I advocated for incorporating network thinking into resilience theorizing. With the findings of this dissertation, I extend the Communication Theory of Resilience by offering “managing communication networks” as a refinement of its fourth process of resilience (i.e., using and maintaining communication networks). Managing communication networks addresses the active strategies people use to manage their communication networks, including expanding, contracting, maintaining, and using their communication networks, as they endure and overcome hardship. I also forward the argument that people’s resilience is encompassed by their social networks, meaning their social network can be passively implicated by their resilience or actively involved in their resilience, but can also initiate resilience on their behalf.
Second, I contended Disaster Facebook Groups offer unique and valuable spaces for connection that facilitate resilience organizing and disaster response for at least five reasons. I argued that Disaster Facebook Groups empower emergent organizing; privilege local knowledge; are convenient; lack anonymity which adds authenticity; and allow for individualization. The findings of this dissertation provide evidence of how these reasons converged in CFFGs to enable members to exchange support that was not, and could not be, available elsewhere.
Third, I hypothesized that the use of Disaster Facebook Groups would predict the utility of Disaster Facebook Groups, resilience, and recovery for survivors. I tested two models that use different variables to represent the use and utility of CFFGs and recovery from the Camp Fire. The first model investigated how activity in CFFGs influenced the perceived helpfulness of CFFGs and how both the activity in and perceived helpfulness of CFFGs influenced the extent of recovery for survivors. I used retrospective data about five time points across survivors’ first two years of recovery and found the model was most explanative up to one month after the Fire. The second model assessed how various indicators of connectivity in CFFGs impacted received social support (i.e., informational, emotional, and tangible support), resilience, and satisfaction with recovery for survivors. The intensity of survivors’ connections to CFFGs, when they joined their first CFFG, and how many Facebook Friends they gained from their participation in CFFGs were the most predictive indicators of connectivity. From the Groups, survivors reported receiving informational support more than emotional support and emotional support more than tangible support.
I put the findings of the four studies, as well as the three central arguments, in conversation with each other in the discussion section, focusing on theory, practice, and methodology. Regarding theory, I contribute network thinking to resilience theorizing: I underscore resilience as an inherently networked process; I acknowledge expanding and contracting communication networks as sub-processes of resilience that complement but are distinctly different from using and maintaining communication networks; and I forward “managing communication networks” as a refinement and extension of the Communication Theory of Resilience’s fourth process of resilience (i.e., using and maintaining communication networks). Related to practice, I call for the continuation of conversations around Disaster Facebook Groups as unique and valuable spaces for connection, particularly regarding the five reasons I established. I also give suggestions for practice related to the use and utility of Disaster Facebook Groups for disaster response and recovery. For methodological considerations, I discuss the importance of forming relationships with participants when engaging in research about online communities and natural disasters and call to question the translation of findings about social media across platforms and the role of neoliberalism in resilience and disaster research and practice. Despite its limitations, this dissertation makes meaningful contributions to theory, practice, and methodology, while offering fruitful directions for future research. This mixed-method, event-specific case study brings attention to the influential citizen-driven disaster response in Facebook Groups after the Camp Fire.
Books on the topic "Communication Theory of Resilience (CTR)"
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Brady, Ann P., Elizabeth A. Flynn, and Patricia J. Sotirin. Feminist rhetorical resilience. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2012.
Find full textBook chapters on the topic "Communication Theory of Resilience (CTR)"
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Buzzanell, P. M. "Communication Theory of Resilience." In Engaging Theories in Family Communication, 98–109. Second edition. | New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315204321-9.
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Afifi, Tamara D., Chantel Haughton, and Allison P. Mazur. "The Theory of Resilience and Relational Load." In Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication, 342–53. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003195511-30.
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Afifi, Tamara D., and Kathryn Harrison. "Theory of Resilience and Relational Load (TRRL)." In Engaging Theories in Family Communication, 324–36. Second edition. | New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315204321-29.
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Chao, D., Y. Watanabe, T. Kanno, and K. Furuta. "Modeling and resilience assessment of a telephone communication network." In Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice, 2118–21. Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315374987-321.
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Gómez-Parra, María-Elena, and Bashar Daiss. "The Concept of Change and the Teachers’ Role on the Implementing Technological Transformation at School." In Educational Theory in the 21st Century, 79–97. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9640-4_4.
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AbstractThe concept of change includes a variety of topics, situations, disciplines, dimensions, and aspects. Its diversity and impact on individuals and organizations has led to an array of definitions, models, and theories. Thus, changes constitute a response to values, transformations that are interpreted as opportunities to improve an organization’s resilience and increase its achievements. This chapter will further discuss the concept of change, leading to a deep analysis of teachers’ moral and ethical role in one of the most impactful changes in schools: the technological revolution. If teachers believe that change is necessary, they will make great efforts to implement it effectively both in class and at school. International examples will be shown (e.g., Israel, USA, UK, and Turkey), and conclusions will be drawn regarding the need to specifically train teachers to raise their ICT awareness and understand the drawbacks and risks of technology in the twenty-first century. Schools’ transformation in information and communication is not just a technological revolution but also a social and ethical change that involves teachers in a complex weave of technologies, its creators and users, their interactions, and the social context.
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Stott, Alistair, and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi. "Farm animal welfare: the future." In The economics of farm animal welfare: theory, evidence and policy, 173–90. Wallingford: CABI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786392312.0173.
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Abstract Science can help us understand what animals want and economics can provide the understanding of human motivation needed to deliver such wants. In our view, what needs further development in future is for economics and information/communication science and technology to channel awareness into appropriate action. This chapter elaborates on this idea by providing some illustrative examples. Focusing on animal health and welfare, it argues that there is much scope for improvement in profit and welfare on commercial farms simply by adopting the best disease management approach available. We also emphasize the importance of systems modelling and operations research (OR) in the future to ensure that animal welfare taps into the growing opportunities that developments in these methods are likely to bring. The chapter also argues that OR can provide a bridge between animal welfare science, economics and business to deliver improvements in animal welfare through food markets. The importance of big data and precision livestock farming in livestock production/reproduction, animal health and welfare, and the environmental impact of livestock production are also discussed. New genetic approaches to optimize livestock resilience and efficiency are highlighted. We argue that tackling difficult problems, such as sustainability (that encompasses animal welfare alongside environment and climate change), efficiency and resilience in farm animal production systems, is and will remain a vital focus of research in the agri-food sector. Research methods and governance still need to change to properly reflect this. It is envisaged that animal welfare will be affected by these developments and should, wherever appropriate, be explicitly considered.
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Hülsmann, Thomas. "ODDE and Debts." In Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education, 1–22. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_31-1.
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AbstractRecent monetary policies of quantitative easing have produced a cognitive dissonance with the previous “there is no money” mantra and invite us to revisit our understanding of the costs and economics of distance education (DE). It turns out that study of the costs of DE was narrowly rooted in neoclassical microeconomics. Consequently, DE has focused on driving down costs and devolving costs to the students, thereby contributing to increasing student debt. The chapter summarizes the efficiency gains of traditional DE and their changes due to the emerging affordances of information and communication technologies (ICT). The chapter also notes changes in the “macroeconomic weather conditions,” which have led to regarding education less as means to raise productivity than as a center for profit itself. As a consequence, cost efficiency gains have often not been handed to the learner, leading to rises in tuition fees and, consequently, student debt.The second half of the chapter introduces modern money theory (MMT), a different economic paradigm, which suggests that monetary sovereign countries have enough policy space not to focus narrowly on driving down costs. It notably suggests that devolving costs to students turns out, from the MMT perspective, to be misguided. It identifies a policy space which can be used to build in additional resilience, especially required in times of crises.
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Hülsmann, Thomas. "ODDE and Debts." In Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education, 563–84. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2080-6_31.
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AbstractRecent monetary policies of quantitative easing have produced a cognitive dissonance with the previous “there is no money” mantra and invite us to revisit our understanding of the costs and economics of distance education (DE). It turns out that study of the costs of DE was narrowly rooted in neoclassical microeconomics. Consequently, DE has focused on driving down costs and devolving costs to the students, thereby contributing to increasing student debt. The chapter summarizes the efficiency gains of traditional DE and their changes due to the emerging affordances of information and communication technologies (ICT). The chapter also notes changes in the “macroeconomic weather conditions,” which have led to regarding education less as means to raise productivity than as a center for profit itself. As a consequence, cost efficiency gains have often not been handed to the learner, leading to rises in tuition fees and, consequently, student debt.The second half of the chapter introduces modern money theory (MMT), a different economic paradigm, which suggests that monetary sovereign countries have enough policy space not to focus narrowly on driving down costs. It notably suggests that devolving costs to students turns out, from the MMT perspective, to be misguided. It identifies a policy space which can be used to build in additional resilience, especially required in times of crises.
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Elkateb, Maha, Ouidad Yousfi, and Abdelwahed Omri. "Perspective Chapter: Rethink CSR Strategies in the Era of COVID-19." In Business, Management and Economics. IntechOpen, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106248.
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A growing call for green initiatives made companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their business activities ethically or strategically to gain legitimacy and present an environmentally responsible public image. In this regard, the problem of greenwashing has emerged even during the pandemic: companies disclose positive communication to ensure business legitimacy even when they are applying irresponsible business practices. Their CSR strategy is responsive: businesses have implemented CSR activities to comply with environmental and social legislation and the stakeholders’ pressure. In the other hand, other companies have undertaken more strategic CSR models to achieve long-term competitive advantages combining the ethical and business orientations. They consider CSR as a differentiation process. They reviewed their CSR strategies, as a core of the corporate strategy, to align social commitments and business objectives. For instance, the pandemic has driven many businesses to rethink the founder lines of their CSR strategies, in order to avoid social crisis and create strategic benefits. Within this framework, this chapter aims to shed light on the effect of strategic CSR on corporate performance and businesses practices during the pandemic. It assesses the key factors that can improve the implementation of socially and eco-friendly sustainable practices to be more resilient toward potential crisis.
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"Chapter 10: Resilience and Preventing Burnout: How to Communicate When You Need Help." In Communication in Interprofessional Care: Theory and Applications. 2215 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-2985: American Pharmacists Association, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21019/9781582123431.ch10.
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Tsotniashvili, Zaza. "COVID-19 – Impact of Disinformation on Georgian Society." In COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS. ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17932/ctc.2021/ctc21.006.
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Disinformation and malign influence in Georgia, both internal and external, draws heavily on psychological drivers of human behavior to exploit and manipulate. Essentially, similar to the strategy the advertising world has adopted, disinformation’s strategy is to change perceptions and, ultimately, manipulate social behavior. Its goal is to shift attitudes, perceptions, values, and norms. Georgia’s current adversaries deploy their information operations to undermine the resilience of Georgia’s democratic institutions, its social cohesion and impede the formation of inclusive national identity. While there is broad consensus that disinformation and malign influence has devastating effects on democracy worldwide, it is more challenging to measure the direct impact that disinformation may have in discrediting political opponents or inducing voter apathy. Public opinion surveys provide some insight into whether or not key narratives spread through disinformation have taken root – which appears to be the case – but they are imprecise in measuring to what extent the disinformation efforts have indeed contributed to their prevalence and how.
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El Rahi, Georges, Anibal Sanjab, Walid Saad, Narayan B. Mandayam, and H. Vincent Poor. "Prospect theory for enhanced smart grid resilience using distributed energy storage." In 2016 54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/allerton.2016.7852237.
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Kioskli, Kitty, and Nineta Polemi. "Estimating Attackers’ Profiles Results in More Realistic Vulnerability Severity Scores." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002211.
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Digitalization is moving at an increasing speed in all sectors of the economy. Along with it the cybersecurity threats and attacks continue to rise rapidly. Enterprises in all economic sectors are imposed to constantly assess the vulnerabilities (weaknesses) of their Information and Communication Systems (ICT) and further estimate their severity, to avoid exploitability by targeted cyber-attacks. Attacks may have catastrophic consequences (impacts), including the disruption or termination of operations, economic damages, long-term damaged reputation, customer loss, lawsuits, and fines. Organisations need to undertake mitigating actions and technical controls to lower the severity of the vulnerabilities and protect their ICT assets. However, security measures are expensive, especially for small companies. Cybersecurity is considered a burden to the Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and not a marketing advantage, while cost is their biggest challenge. We need to be as realistic as possible in the vulnerability severity scoring, to decrease the security costs for smaller companies and simultaneously prevent potential attackers to exploit their assets. Identifying the potential attacker for each sector and company is the first step in building resilience. The classifications for attackers are usually based on whether they are internal, or by their means and capabilities, such as knowledge of the organization’s resources, including personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, and systems. In 2021, ENISA published a sector-specific taxonomy based on opportunities, means, motives and sectors or products they wish to attack. In all existing classifications, psychological, behavioural, and social traits of the attackers are neither measured nor considered. The existing security scoring systems concentrate on technical severity, not considering the human factors with practical methods such as via the external or internal attackers’ profile in their calculations. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is a standard and widely adopted measure for vulnerabilities’ severity. CVSS assumes that the potential attacker will be highly skilled, but it does not consider any other human factors which may be involved. Our work, in the latest years, targets to bridge psychosocial advancements, including human, behavioural, and psychosocial factors, with cybersecurity efforts to improve and reach a realistic cyber-resilient state within the information systems. The overarching objective of the present paper is to further contribute to providing realistic vulnerability severity scoring. Our main aim is to show that the CVSS scores are not unique for every vulnerability but vary depending on the potential attacker. Based on the organisations’ cyber threat intelligence (CTI) level, the sectoral threats can be identified, and the profiles of their potential attackers can be predicted. In this paper, we measure the attackers’ profiles and use these values in the CVSS calculator to score the vulnerabilities’ severity more accurately. Considering practical implications, multiple interventions and suggestions at various levels are presented to tackle the ongoing cybersecurity internal and external threats and also enhance the CVSS to provide more realistic and accurate results.
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Nikolić, Natasa M. "Sistemski pristup porodici – implikacije za praksu u uslovima epidemije kovid-19." In Nauka i obrazovanje – izazovi i perspektive. University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Edaucatin in Uzice, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/noip.121n.
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This paper will discuss the systemic family theory and its implications for practice during the covid-19 epidemic. This theory views the family as a dynamic system inextricably linked with other social systems. It is a system that is much more than the sum of its parts and has its own structure, hierarchy, boundaries, and throughout its life cycle it encounters numerous developmental and non-developmental crises. The covid19 epidemic represents a global crisis with a series of consequences for social relations, family functioning, and peopleʼs mental health. The paper will also consider the concept of family/systemic resilience, i.e. processes that contribute to protecting the family and its members in times of crisis. Given that the family and its members are not isolated, the social, national, and global levels must contribute to strengthening the familyʼs resilience process and thus contribute to the resilience of individuals. With that in mind, we will propose different types of social assistance to the family, such as strengthening spirituality as a mechanism of resilience, mastering communication skills, teaching active listening, etc
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Seiça, Mariana, Licínio Roque, Pedro Martins, and F. Amílcar Cardoso. "A Systemic Perspective for Sonification Aesthetics." In ICAD 2021: The 26th International Conference on Auditory Display. icad.org: International Community for Auditory Display, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21785/icad2021.033.
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For more than twenty-five years, the sonification field has been attempting to establish itself as a primary body of knowledge communicating through sound. Despite multiple efforts to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the subjective nature of sound, we wonder: is the tendency for dealing with such challenges through an objective, functional communication, with a single interpretation criterion, limiting the epistemic boundaries of action? How can a subjectively perceived medium such as sound be embraced in all its aesthetic dimensions? We propose a conceptual transition through the reframing of a sonification as a living system for creating aesthetic experiences. This will be achieved by drawing notions from phenomenology, embodied perception, human-computer interaction and soundscape theory. A systemic sonification distinguishes itself as an ever-evolving system built on dynamic structures that actively responds to changes in its environment and interactions from surrounding beings. Driven by a series of emerging concepts of non-linearity, networks, nested systems and intertwined relationships, the system’s resilience and adaptability grows with each interaction, recentring the human protagonist as the weaver of his/her aesthetic experience through a self-transcendent process that expands the perception field.