Communicating Risk and Safety

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Communicating Risk and Safety is written by Timothy L. Sellnow and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110752425 (ISBN 10) and 9783110752427 (ISBN 13).

The world is wrought with risks that may harm people and cost lives. The news is riddled with reports of natural disasters (wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes), industrial disasters (chemical spills, water and air pollution), and health pandemics (e.g., SARS, H1NI, COVID19). Effective risk communication is critical to mitigating harms. The body of research in this handbook reveals the challenges of communicating such messages, affirms the need for dialogue, embraces the role of instruction in proactively communicating risk, acknowledges the function of competing risk messages, investigates the growing influence of new media, and constantly reconsiders the ethical imperative for communicating recommendations for enhanced safety.