Slides and links to video I used for a guest lecture at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's JOUR 568: Critical Thinking and Crisis Management
3. April 22
BP.com
BP estimates that oil is leaking at rate of 1,000 barrels per day.
Scientists later announce that an average of 53,000 barrels per day
leaked into the ocean daily from April 22nd to July 15th.
7. May 18 - BP Launches YouTube,Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/BPplc
8. The Tony Hayward Problem
• May 29th – Tony Hayward :“I'd Like my Life Back” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdKa9eWNFw
• June 3rd: A Message from Tony Hayward (BP Official): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKcrDaiGE2s
• June 3rd: A Message from Tony Hayward (parody): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIML5LVmpMA
• June 9: BP Spills Coffee (UCB Theatre). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM
9. Early June
Adsense is BP’s Only Defense
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10. Fallout continues
June 15th – Greenpeace’s Redesign BP's Logo User Generated Content Flickr Contest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenpeaceuk/sets/72157623796911855/
June 17th Congressional Hearings: “Shame on You” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLtNNLkmSww
June 25th BP slammed for continued and overt spin - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/bp-sends-pr-professionals_n_624686.html
Colbert June 30th: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/314082/june-29-2010/lube-job
20. September 8, 2010
BP Releases Report on Causes of Gulf of Mexico Tragedy
No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy.
Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the
explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution in the
Gulf of Mexico earlier this year.
October 27, 2010 - “South Park”
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/360436/were-sorry