Communicating Risk and Safety

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Communicating Risk and Safety

Edited by: Timothy L. Sellnow and Deanna D. Sellnow

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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Volume 24 | Handbooks of Communication Science

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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.

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Timothy L. Sellnow and Deanna D. Sellnow, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series Peter J. Schulz and Paul Cobley Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1 Introduction: Unique Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating Risk and Safety Timothy L. Sellnow and Deanna D. Sellnow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 1: Fundamental Principles and Perspectives When Communicating Risk and Safety
2 Communicating Safety and Risk: Advancement of a Field in Constant Uncertainty Michael J. Palenchar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3 Communicating with Numbers: Challenges and Potential Solutions Raleigh Goodwin and Ellen Peters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4 Translating Data into Intelligible Risk and Safety Guidelines Patrice M. Buzzanell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5 Disaster Fatigue, Communication, and Resilience: Insights from Natural Hazards, Human-Caused Disasters, and Public Health Crises Mary Worley, Sarah Smith-Frigerio and J. Brian Houston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6 The COVID-19 Pandemic as Exemplar of the Chaos of Mega-Crises Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond and Marta N. Lukacovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Section 2: Rhetorical Considerations When Communicating Risk and Safety
7 Rhetorical Sensitivity and Crisis and Risk Communication: Extension of a Theory Jeanne M. Persuit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
8 Emotions in Risk and Crisis Communication: An Individual and Networked Perspective Yuanhang Lu and Yi-Hui Christine Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
9 Narratives in Collision: Crisis and Pragmatic Dialogic Learning Ronald C. Arnett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10 Applying Dialogic Theory to Risk and Problem Solving Michael L. Kent and Maureen Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
11 Embracing Dialogue While Cultivating Convergence: Organizational Challenges in Responsibly Communicating Risk Chelsea Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
12 The Function of Stasis in Risk and Safety Controversies L. Paul Strait, Joel Lemuel, Laura Alberti and Steven J. Venette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Section 3: Ethical Dilemmas When Communicating Risk and Safety
13 Risk Communication: A Communication Ethics Perspective Janie M. H. Fritz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
14 The Ethic of First and Second Things in Communicating Risk and Safety Kathryn E. Anthony, L. Paul Strait, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Laura Alberti, Jessica R. Beckham, Colin G. Cameron and Emma G. Cox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
15 Ethical Obligations in Communicating Risk and Safety: Standards of Dialogue, Uncertainty, Change, and Truthfulness Matthew Seeger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Section 4: Cultural Imperatives When Communicating Risk and Safety
16 Culture-centered Approach to Risk Communication Mohan J. Dutta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
17 “All Knowledge Is Local”: The PEN-3 Model as a Guide to Overcoming Western/ European Bias in Risk Communication about Global Health Concerns in East Africa Angella Napakol, Ann Mugunga and Ann Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
18 Communities of Practice Approach to Safety Communication Joel Iverson and Danielle Farley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Section 5: Instructional Perspectives and Compliance-Gaining When Communicating Risk and Safety
19 Instruction as Self-Protection Bengt Johansson and Gabriella Sandstig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
20 Mobile Instructional Communication for Public Safety and Community Resilience Hamilton Bean, Mika Shimizu and Ana Maria Cruz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
21 From Risks to Crisis Society: The Drivers of the Public Health Communication Paradigm Shift Marc D. David, Olivier Champagne-Poirier and Marie-Eve Carignan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
22 Earthquake Risk Communication of Individual Protective Actions for Big Earthquakes: A Situational Choreography Model Based on Social Communication Engineering Juan Andrés Rincón González Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Section 6: Media and Technological Considerations When Communicating Risk and Safety
23 Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model Xinxia Dong, Robert J. Griffin, Janet Yang and Sharon Dunwoody Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
24 Understanding Contemporary Infodemics through the Risk Amplification through Media Spread (RAMS) Model Santosh Vijaykumar, Yan Jin and Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
25 Spotting Risks: How to Integrate Social Media Listening to a Framework of Assessing Risks Corina Buzoianu and Monica Bîră Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
26 Emergent Organizations and Post-Disaster Risk: Volunteerism in the Digital Age Morgan Getchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
27 Communicating and Perceiving Risks of Artificial Intelligence as an Emerging Technology Andreas Schwarz and Tatjana Faj Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	503
Section 7: Future Considerations: Untangling Issues of (Mis)Trust When Communicating Risk and Safety
28 The Role of Trust and Distrust in Risk and Safety Communication Amisha Mehta, Ellen Tyquin and Lisa Bradley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529
29 It’s Complicated . . . : Exploring Vaccination Attitudes and the Vaccination Infodemic in the UK throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic Audra Diers-Lawson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	551
30 Communicating to Mitigate Behavioral Cyber Risks: The Case of Employee Vulnerability Albena Björck, Carlo Pugnetti and Carlos Casián Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	585
31 Building or Unbuilding Trust? A Reflection on Governments, News Media, and Businesses’ Communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic Feifei Chen, Qiwei Wu and Nan Yu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	607
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	627
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	637

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eBook published on:

December 31, 2023

eBook ISBN:

9783110752427

Hardcover published on:

December 31, 2023

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110752359

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

10

Main content:

641

Illustrations:

27

Tables:

20

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752427

eBook ISBN: 9783110752427

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110752359

Keywords for this book

Risk; Risk Management; Risk Communication; Risk Preparedness; Safety Communication

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Scholars & students of Social & Communication Sciences, Business & Emergency Management, Health Care, Industry & Geo Sciences

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