| Description |
1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Series |
Earthscan Risk in Society |
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Earthscan Risk in Society
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| Contents |
Cover; Effective Risk Communication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; Contributors; Introduction; 1 A relational theory of risk: lessons for risk communication; 2 Video interventions for risk communication and decision-making; 3 Communicating inconclusive scientific evidence; 4 Communicating about uncertainty in multistakeholder groups; 5 New transparency policies: risk communication's doom?; 6 Social distrust and its implications for risk communication: an example from high level radioactive waste management |
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7 Fairness, public engagement, and risk communication8 Why risk communicators should care about the fairness and competence of their public engagement process; 9 Risk communication in social media; 10 The 'Mental Models' methodology for developing communications: adaptations for informing public risk management decisions about emerging technologies; 11 Construing risk: implications for risk communication; 12 Risk communication and moral emotions; 13 The role of channel beliefs in risk information seeking; 14 Risk communication: insights from the decision sciences |
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15 Risk communication for empowerment: an ultimate or elusive goal?16 Learning from failures; 17 Exploring unintended consequences of risk communication messages; 18 Boomerang effects in risk communication; 19 The role of social and decision sciences in communicating uncertain climate risks; Index |
| Summary |
There are two questions often asked of risk communication: what has been learned from past work, and what is needed to push the field forward? Drawing on the experience of leading risk researchers and practitioners, Effective Risk Communication focuses on answering these questions. The book draws together new examples of research and practice from contexts as diverse as energy generation, human health, nuclear waste, climate change, food choice, and social media. This book treats risk communication as much more than the interchange of risk information between experts and non-experts; rather, i |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rivers III, Louie
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| ISBN |
9781136272356 |
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1136272356 |
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