Study Confirms: Facebook Is a Valuable Crisis Communications Tool

Last month, our readers were surprised to discover that most brands remain hesitant to use social media for crisis communications. Perhaps the results of this study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism will convince them: turns out that “posting public relations information on Facebook during a time of crisis can improve the overall image of the organization that is experiencing the crisis.”

Shocking, we know.

The study compared two fictional universities; participants read news stories about “organizational crises” occurring at these schools before viewing Facebook posts from their official pages which offered “additional information and messages directly from the universities”.

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