title: Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat: Dealing Effectively with the Media in Times of Crisis
author:  Judith C. Hoffman 
description: "A highly recommended manual of insight and instruction on...properly reacting to a crisis situation...a truly excellent primer." -- <i>James A.Cox, MidWest Book Review, March 2002</i><br /><br />Her information is well advised, well organized, and essential for any organization. Too bad Enron executives didn't read it. -- <i>Bob Spear, Chief Reviewer, Heartland Reviews</i><br /><br />It is an especially useful source of information for (my graduate students in crisis communications) an an ideal textbook reference. -- <i>F. William Smullen, Professor of Public Relations, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University</i>
zlib_text: THE MEDIA AND FINANCIAL CRISES
  The Media and Financial Crises provides unique insights into the debate on the role
  of the media in the global ﬁnancial crisis. Coverage is interdisciplinary, with
  contributions from media studies, political economy, and journalists themselves.
  It features a wide range of countries, including the USA, UK, Ireland, Greece,
  Spain, and Australia, and a completely new history of ﬁnancial crises in the British
  press over 200 years.
  Editors Steve Schiﬀeres and Richard Roberts have assembled an expert set of
  contributors, including Joseph E. Stiglitz and Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial
  Times. The role of the media has been central in shaping our response to the ﬁnancial
  crisis. Examining its performance in comparative and historical perspectives is crucial
  to ensuring that the media does a better job next time.
  The book has ﬁve distinct parts:
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  The Banking Crisis and the Media
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  The Euro-Crisis and the Media
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  Challenges for the Media
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  The Lessons of Hi