John R. Harris, a Canadian speechwriter who is based in Chiba, a Tokyo suburb, and who has worked with Japanese politicians, says he knows a good deal about the dire straits of political communication in Japan.
Ryanair's communication has been dire.
Meanwhile, emerging markets that have widely adopted mobile communication are in dire need for solutions to improve access to care.
That overload leads to shorter attention spans, shorter units of communication and a dire need for curation.
"For many children in Cambodia, the child protection situation is dire," says Unicef's chief of communication, Denise ShepherDeniseson.
"Just trust me, will you?" But since his dire mock results, all attempts at communication are marred by slamming doors and angry outbursts followed by brooding silence.
But as an isolated island with no power and little communication, it is experiencing a dire crisis.
Since the SUPPORT study [ 10], in which an ICU-based nurse intervention failed to influence care for critically ill patients with dire prognoses, there has been insufficient progress in improving clinical communication in the context of serious illness.
It's ironic that with all of our technology, communication between men and women has never been in such a dire state.
"The Fijians are desperately trying to repair severed lines of communication, but they hold grave fears that the news waiting for them will be dire," said Raijeli Nicole, Pacific regional director of aid group Oxfam.
The consequences of ineffective communication between scientists and policy makers, planners, the media, and the public can be dire (e.g. Fiske 1984; Voight 1990).
