Blog post 10 Henke

 This week's readings were very interesting to me because I have been learning about crisis communication in some of my other Strategic Communication classes. Crisis communication can be a very tough subject that can be looked at from many different angles. The main goal should always be to reduce harm. Sometimes in crisis communication this is hard to attain because usually there is always someone who will be harmed in one way or another. I have chosen to focus on the Arnett reading for this week because I found it the most helpful in finding deeper understanding on this topic. Arnett states "Do not expect the other necessarily to endorse your understanding of the good." (Arnett et. al (chpt 12) I find this quote powerful because it relates to all things people believe in. 

I am fascinated by discussions within crisis communication. There are so many different topics in which I think of but one that seems interesting to me is politics. When I think of crisis communication I first think of a company like BP who for instance had an oil spill that was damaging to the environment. Crisis communication would be a response to this disaster addressing the public of information BP owes them. Maybe an apology and a way of them showing how or what they are doing to fix the specific disaster. But the more I read I learned crisis communication can be everywhere. It's extremely difficult to find the right answers when we all see things different from our own personal ethics. We must learn to coexist with the people we don't agree with and respect the things they stand for even if we don't.