CMN 3105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Moral Reasoning, Military Communications, Crisis Management

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3105
• Professor: Mahmoud Eid

Document Summary

Interweavement: connects crisis management, decision-making, mathematics and communication. If the government has a clear agenda, the media is not likely to influence government decision-making, however, if the government does not have a clear policy agenda, then the media may affect government decision-making on policy. Quadrilateral relationship: all four interact with each other. Function of interweavement theory: to formalize a communication model that could help media/ communication personnel understand what must be done in the event of an international political crisis. Characteristics approach: most important approach to defining a crisis. Main distinguishing/ determining attributes of the situation. Mathematics and ethics: linked by the inquiry for social betterment/ goodness. For this model to be effective, rationality and responsibility are essential. Ethical rationalism: reason is the road to right action. Rugina: separation of personal, subjective, individual values from social, impersonal, objective values. In order to study ethics, we must study social ethics.