Upcoming and Ongoing Research

My ongoing research aims at developing rational choices and strategies for Canadian communication decision-makers to use when faced with various potential transnational and internal terrorist situations. The high level of stress experienced during times of terrorist attacks makes the study of policy decision-making very important for assessing the effects of that stress on policy decision-makers and for determining whether or not they can act effectively.

Future research will include the practical examination of a proposed theoretical media decision-making model that may contribute to making the performance of media decision-makers effective, as a consequence of being rational and responsible. The model is prescriptive in nature and provides recommended actions required for policy decision-makers to take in order to understand what ought to be done during severe stress situations, and consequently better achieve the sought goals.