oxygen, and having very minimal light? Me either, but thirty three Chileans were trapped in a mine underneath the Chilean desert that collapsed before they were schedule to get their lunch break, and survived this tragedy. This tragic event occurred on August 05, 2012 at Copiapo, Chile. The miners went through starvation, having to tolerate the high temperatures of heat, and be in the dark for several days. The owners of the mine failed and have avoided and abandoned what needed to be done to maintain
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is so important to know who your audience is. A great example of understanding and knowing your audience is with the Chilean copper mine in South America. On Thursday, August 5, 2010, A collapse of one of the shafts in the Chilean copper mine left 33 workers trapped approximately 300 meters underground. At once, rescue efforts began but just two days later another collapse in the mine halted the efforts of the rescue crews for many hours (Weik, 2010). With such a crutial situation, it is important
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Knowing Your Audience: Chilean Copper Mine Annmarie Ocampo BCOM 275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Professor: Nat Apihunpunyakij May 29, 2013 Communication is designed to relay messages, thoughts, ideas, and information to a targeted audience. The relation or involvement of that audience will determine the appropriate channel of communication as well as what the communication will entail. However, during a crisis, the underlying thread of communication is that an unexpected event
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organization. Knowing your audience proves to be even more significant when a company has to deal with the outcome resulting from a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South America is one example of where knowing your audience was a very significant issue. In a Chilean copper mine, a disastrous downfall in one of the shafts of the mine has left 33 miners trapped 310 meters (1017 feet) below the ground. The outcomes of the company and their reaction to the disaster would eventually define
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33 Mine Workers Trapped with limited Communication Stephanie Contreras 9-1-2012 University of Phoenix; Axia College On August 5th, 2010, the world turned upside down for 33 workers who got trapped underground. All 33 mine workers were from San Jose Mine which is a small copper in Chile that is owned by Minera San Eseban llPrimera
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miners are trapped three hundred meters underground they have an inadequate amount of water, food, and oxygen. There still was no sign that any worker was still alive on the 4th day since the cave-in since there was no one that had made it out of the mine alive. Luckily all the miners were located and rescued with no lives lost. In a situation like this no one looks forward to it happen, but they have procedures in place in case this incident does happen. The family members of everyone that is trapped
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” article By Cindy Lynn Press Release for the families and Public Sad news today for Chilean people we have had a terrible ordeal that just happen: 33 miners are trapped 2,300 feet underground. The buried men, who became known as "Los 33" ("The 33"), were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and about 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance via spiraling underground service
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Resource: “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” article found in the Electronic Reserve Readings. Research additional articles and information about the Chilean mine collapse. There was much press coverage of this disaster. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper using this (the assigned article) and other articles as a resource. Because communications must be designed with the audience in mind, answer the following questions: • What are some considerations to
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include a knowledge of the audience characteristics, the needs of the audience, and using an appropriate communication. This essay is about conveying the importance of knowing how to effectively communicate information of a collapsed San Jose copper mine to family members and employees. Audience Characteristics are important to help adapt the message to the audience. Demographic characteristics are observable or measurable (Cheeseboro, 2010). Age, race, and gender are examples of demographic characteristics
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Week 4 Assignment Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience August 5, 2010. A little copper mine situated in Chile experienced a cave-in that made thirty three (33) miners to be caught below the ground. The miners having been caught three hundred (300) meters beneath the ground with inadequate, water, oxygen and food, not a soul made out for certain whereby the miners will stay alive. With 4 (four) long days of being caught underground, there still was no suggestion that anyone
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