Sharing both good and bad news in crises leads to better outcomes
The study compared different crisis response strategies and found that using reputation management strategies did not lead to more positive public responses than just providing information. Two-sided messages, which share both positive and negative information, were more effective in crisis communication than one-sided messages. Even in preventable crises, one-sided messages were not more effective. The study also found little support for the Situational Crisis Communication Theory's recommendations for crisis response strategies.