President Bush's image repair discourse on Hurricane Katrina

Crisis Communication Response and Political Communities: The Unusual Case of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

“…He has looked at Bush's crisis response to the Iraq war and economic problems facing America, among other issues. In his crisis responses, Bush was always defensive and sometimes inconsistent, and Benoit argues that he failed to improve his public image (Benoit, 2006a(Benoit, , 2006bBenoit & Henson, 2009). …”

“…Nonetheless, poll numbers have been used successfully in crisis communication research to show the effectiveness of response strategies, providing before/after crisis efficacy comparisons (Benoit, 1982(Benoit, , 2006aBenoit, Gullifor & Panici, 1991;Benoit & Henson, 2009;Benoit & McHale, 1999;Kennedy & Benoit, 1997).…”

Shaken, not stirred: Western public relations practices in Russia

“…Postulate 9: Although Grunig and White (1992) suggested that the PR community should avoid using the word 'image' because ordinary people see this term as the 'opposite to reality' (p. 33), this concept is still widely used in PR literature, especially regarding image restoration strategies (Benoit & Henson, 2009). Overall, the image issue remains an important concept in Western PR.…”

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Radi’s Dramas From behind the Windows and Hamlet with Season Salad Based on Van Leeuwen’s Framework "Representing Social Actions"

“…Post (2008) applies van Leeuwen's Social Actor Network (2008) into analyzing six campaign speeches of Barack Obama and John McCain from the 2008 US election and notes that the linguistic choices these two candidates make, are indeed purposeful and based on their opposing ideologies. Rahimi, Amal Saleh, and Deghat (2010), Benoit and Henson (2009), Rashidi and Souzandehfar (2010) have all applied a critical approach based on a CDA framework in the analysis of political discourses. Rashidi, Khormaei, and Zarei (2014) have studied four short stories by Bozorg Alavi.…”