Communicating Risk

We live in world increasingly shaped by risk, a fact underscored by recent events in the financial markets, science and technology, environmental policy and biosecurity, law enforcement and criminal justice. Risk assessment has become a central concern of governments, organisations and the professio...

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Other Authors: Crichton, Jonathan (Editor), Candlin, Christopher N. (Editor), Firkins, Arthur S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Communicating in Professions and Organizations
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:We live in world increasingly shaped by risk, a fact underscored by recent events in the financial markets, science and technology, environmental policy and biosecurity, law enforcement and criminal justice. Risk assessment has become a central concern of governments, organisations and the professions, and the communication of risk is a crucial part of professional work. Exploring how risk is discursively constructed across these domains is therefore central to our understanding of how professional practice affects people's lives. Communicating Risk takes up this challenge, with contributions from leading researchers and practitioners that examine key issues of risk communication across diverse professional domains
Physical Description:XVIII, 368 p online resource
ISBN:9781137478788