The better technique to describe contemporary mass media processes such as social media seems to be Communication Infrastructure Theory (CIT). CIT sees the communication infrastructure as a âstorytelling systemâ set in a âcommunication action contextâ (Ball-Rokeach & Jung, 2009).
Early in the morning on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scaleâit brought sustained winds of 100â140 miles per hourâand stretched some 400 miles across.
Impact on Several U.S. States. The confirmed deaths caused by Hurricane Katrina are as follow: Louisiana â 1,577, Mississippi â 238, Florida â 14, Alabama â 2, Georgia -2, Ohio â 2 and Kentucky â 1. This tropical cyclone also affected the economy and government of the country.