Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Armentha Handy BCOM/275 Business Communications and Critical Thinking January 2, 2014 Professor Joseph Scott A little Coppermine that's situated in Chile, experienced a cave in that caused a total of thirty-three miners to be trapped underground August 5, 2010. The miners were trapped without sufficient oxygen, water, or food; no one knew for sure if the miners would stay alive. These miners were stuck underground for
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as one. When a tragedy like the one in Chile occurs the media has to be careful with the way that they inform. Why? Because there are many personal interests involved. On one side you have the business people who on this case are the owners of the mine and on the other side you have the families whose relatives are trapped “at a depth of around 300 meters.” (Weik, J).The owners of the business don’t want to be looked up as the evil people who are responsible for the tragedy and on the other side
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Knowing Your Audience Paper BCOM 275 Jackie Crawford April 21st 2014 No one could have guessed that a small town in northern Chili would have become such a hot topic in the news in August 2010. After a cave-in occurred in the San Jose mine, the story went national and everyone was reading about the tragedy across the globe. Thirty three people had been trapped underground and a fairy tale happy ending did not seem probable. Rescue workers started drilling holes in the area to reach the
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THE CHILEAN COPPER MINE COLLAPSE The people in the audience and the key considerations The main people in the audience are the miners’ families and their co-workers. It is important to consider the right tone and wording to use when communicating the information (Tennyson & Ray, 2005). The family members are very close to the miners and they will tend to be emotional. The employees will also be shaken because if it were under different circumstances it could have been them trapped in the mine
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misinformation travel rapidly in the surrounding areas near the crisis. Most of the times depending on the magnitude of the issue, word will quickly travel around a country and in certain cases the world. Word traveled quickly around the world when the San Jose mine collapsed in the Atacama region of Chile back on August 5, 2010 occurred. When communicating an incident like this you must realize feedback can differ from culture, religion, social class, ethnicity, or for many other reasons. It is crucial when sending
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Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 September 22, 2014 Knowing Your Audience Knowing Your Audience On August 5, 2010, the main entrance into the San José Mine, near Copiapó, Chile, collapsed trapping 33 miners approximately 2,300 feet underground for more than two months Weik, J. (2010). The miners’ family members, and by extension, the world, grew increasingly concerned about the well-being of the thirty three men as there was no way of determining the
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Business Communication & Critical Thinking: BCOM/275 Introduction This paper will review the Chilean Copper Mine Collapse where thirty three miners were entrapped in the mine. I will expound on the multiple facets relative to the audience in terms of their specific needs required for both the miner’s families and the company’s employees. We will take a two prong approach to try to understand this complicated disaster which occurred in
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strikes, normally the common good in mankind comes to the aide of those who need help the most. Support from charity groups, the Red Cross or donations, all the way to something as simple as saying a prayer for those people before dinner. When the Chilean mine incident happened it was a national news story. It touched people and it helped people to realize how life could possibly slip by us in an instant. It is incredible that they were able to survive, let alone for more than 2 months. How did they
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Name Course Tutor Date Ancient Greek Heroes vs. Modern Heroes Introduction The word hero brings to mind different things to different people, since people tend to have different concepts of heroism. This is particularly the case with regard to the concept of heroes in ancient and modern societies. As times have changed, the definition of heroes has also changed, in keeping with the changes in the modern society. However, ancient and modern heroes do share some similarities, which act as the
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Human Behaviour When Disaster Strikes: Human behaviour in emergency situations By S. J. Robinson and T. D. Higgins; School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, England. PR1 2HE. When disaster strikes and emergency warning sounds or the captain orders an abandon ship we hope people will remain “cool, calm and collected.” Being level-headed during a life-threatening event is highly prized and undoubtedly improves your chances of survival. However, anecdotal reports
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