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Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process

Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process

Alonzo Plough
3/5 ( ratings)
This substantive, insightful book demonstrates the growing importance of risk communication as both a technical and cultural phenomenon. The authors discuss the various processes used to communicate risk to citizens; explore how the public responds to risk messages; and examine how social, economic, historical, and political factors can influence the success or failure of risk communication. Cases presented in this volume demonstrate the diversity of risk communication approaches and activities, including public activism, federal and state agency responses, private sector response, and media coverage.
Language
English
Pages
349
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Praeger
Release
September 30, 1988
ISBN
0865691878
ISBN 13
9780865691872

Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process

Alonzo Plough
3/5 ( ratings)
This substantive, insightful book demonstrates the growing importance of risk communication as both a technical and cultural phenomenon. The authors discuss the various processes used to communicate risk to citizens; explore how the public responds to risk messages; and examine how social, economic, historical, and political factors can influence the success or failure of risk communication. Cases presented in this volume demonstrate the diversity of risk communication approaches and activities, including public activism, federal and state agency responses, private sector response, and media coverage.
Language
English
Pages
349
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Praeger
Release
September 30, 1988
ISBN
0865691878
ISBN 13
9780865691872

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