New perspectives on risk communication : uncertainty in a complex society /
edited by Åsa Boholm.
- vi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New perspectives on risk communication: uncertainty in a complex society / Risk communication: world creation through collective learning under complex contingent conditions / Creating shared realities through communication: exploring the agenda-building role of the media and its sources in the E. coli contamination of a Canadian public drinking water supply / Narratives of risk / Resilience at risk: epistemological and social construction barriers to riskcommunication / Scientised citizens and democratised science. Re-assessing the expert-lay divide / Risk communication, prenatal screening, and prenatal diagnosis: the illusion of informed decision-making / Lead is like mercury: risk comparisons, analogies and mental models / The public meeting as a theatre of dissent: risk and hazard in land use and environmental planning / What environmental and technological risk communication research and health risk research can learn from each other / Communities of risk research and risk practice: divided by a common language? / Meaningful communication among experts and affected citizens on risk: challenge or impossibility? / Risk and safety communication in small enterprises - how to support a lasting change towards work safety priority / Audiovisual risk communication unravelled: effects on gut feelings and cognitive processes / The illusion of economic objectivity: linking local risks of credibility loss to global risks of climate change / Risk management in Swedish forestry - Policy formation and fulfilment of goals / Governing the sea rescue service in Sweden: communicating in networks / Wrestling with uncertain risks: EU regulation of GMOs and the uncertainty paradox / Asa Boholm -- Piet Strydom -- S. Michelle Driedger -- Gaspar Mairal -- Richard Stoffle and Jessica Minnis -- Rolf Lidskog -- Michael Siegrist, Marie-Eve Cousin and Carmen Keller -- Ann Bostrom -- Asa Boholm -- Ragnar E. Lofstedt and Perri 6 -- Tom Horlick-Jones -- Anne Bergmans -- Christina Stave, Anders Pousette and Marianne Torner -- Vivianne H.M. Visschers, Ree M. Meertens, Wim F. Passchier and Nanne K. de Vries -- Annette Henning -- Kristina Blennow -- Jenny Palm and Eva Tornqvist -- Marjolein B.A. van Asselt and Ellen Vos. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18. 19.
"That risk communication ranks high on the policymaking agenda is beyond discussion today. The field is a point of intersection of social communication, practical management and policy making. It covers such diverse activities as to inform and educate the public about risk, and risk management in order to influence attitudes and behaviour, to act in situations of emergency or crises, to aid in decision-making and to assist in conflict resolution. Communication has grown into a major concern in current risk governance based on network co-ordinated management of public affairs conducted by authorities and companies and is recognized as a key component in the government of risk. This is especially salient in policy fields relating to environmental planning and resource management, urban planning, chemical and food regulation, or infrastructure planning, development and maintenance. This book explores risk communication research with a focus on new theoretical perspectives, research findings, and applied goals. It reflects on a broad range of innovative theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches and empirical areas. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Risk Research."--Publisher's website.