Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process
Published on 31. August 1996
Book
Hardback
XI, 234 pages
978-0-7923-4180-2 (ISBN)
Description
Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill siting, risk perception, global warming, international health for all, and more. The conclusions and recommendations presented here are being used to develop future activities to further explore this area of risk communication as an international study.
Audience: Scientists, risk communicators, psychologists, toxicologists, health professionals, and anyone who has an interest in public communication on scientific uncertainty.
Audience: Scientists, risk communicators, psychologists, toxicologists, health professionals, and anyone who has an interest in public communication on scientific uncertainty.
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Series
Edition
1996 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XI, 234 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-4180-2 (9780792341802)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-015-8619-1
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Content
Scientific Uncertainty in Risk Communication: An International Perspective.- Environmental Health in Europe: Uncertainties, Realities, and Perceptions.- The Determinants of Trust and Credibility in Environmental Risk Communication: An Empirical Study.- Educating Young People About Environmental Health Risks: Result from National Field Trials of the Environmental Health Risk Module.- The Case Study Method in Risk Communication: Case Studies of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS).- Uncertain Communication: Institutional Discourse in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting.- Perception of Uncertainty: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication.- Uncertainties About the Health Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination: The Case Of Metallochemia.- Risk Communication and Public Perception of Military Pollution in Estonia.- The Influence of Environmental Uncertainty on Lay Perceptions of Risk and Safety.- A Methodological Approach in Communication of the Uncertainty Regarding Major Accident Hazards.