Oil and Water: Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

by Shearon Roberts, Victoria Lapoe, Andrea Miller

Book Overview

Along the Gulf Coast, history is often referenced as pre-Katrina or post-Katrina. However, the natural disaster that appalled the world in 2005 has been joined by another catastrophe, this one man-made--the greatest environmental and maritime accident of all time, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In less than five years, the Gulf Coast has experienced two colossal disasters, very different, yet very similar. And these two equally complex crises have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617039721
• ISBN13: 9781617039720
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"