The Online Image of the Romanian Gendarmerie after the Diaspora Protest on August 10, 2018: Crisis Communication Strategies Cover Image

Imaginea Jandarmeriei Române în mediul online după protestul diasporei din 10 august 2018. Strategii de comunicare de criză
The Online Image of the Romanian Gendarmerie after the Diaspora Protest on August 10, 2018: Crisis Communication Strategies

Author(s): Raluca Mureșan, Andreea Apriotesei
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: crisis communication; image restoration; Romanian Gendarmerie; social media;

Summary/Abstract: In this study we conducted a research on the Facebook page of the Romanian Gendarmerie, to understand the magnitude of the effects of the crisis this institution is facing after the Diaspora Protest ended in violence. We monitored the posts from August 10 to December 31, 2018 and analyzed the most relevant 50 comments from each post, in order to determine their character: positive, negative or neutral. In conducting this study, we started from the hypothesis that this event has affected the image of the Romanian Gendarmerie in the long time, and the crisis communication strategies used by the representatives of this institution have made a significant contribution to postponing the image restoration.

  • Issue Year: 48/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 104-114
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian