Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process - Softcover

Krimsky, Sheldon; Plough, Alonzo

 
9780865691872: Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0865691878 ISBN 13: 9780865691872
Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1988

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

SHELDON KRIMSKY is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University.

ALONZO PLOUGH is Associate Professor of Health Policy in the Department of Urban Environmental Policy at Tufts University.

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Publisher
Praeger Publishers Inc
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0865691878
ISBN 13 
9780865691872
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
349

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