Nonverbal Neutrality of Broadcasters Covering Crisis: Not Just What You Say But How You Say It

Offering a critical and sensitive reflection on journalists' nonverbal behaviours during their coverage of school shootings in the U.S., this book shows how individual and social level factors predict broadcasters' nonverbal neutrality.

Author: Danielle Deavours
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/06/2023
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781032450919

About the Author

Danielle Deavours is Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Samford University, USA. She currently serves as the 2023-2024 chair of the AEJMC Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division. She is also 2023-2024 chair of the BEA Interactive Media and Emerging Technology Division, as well as a co-chair for the IMET student category in the BEA Festival of Media Arts.

In 2022, Deavours received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Nonverbal Communication Division of the National Communication Association. She is a former Emmy- and Murrow-award winning broadcast journalist with over a decade of experience in local television news.