Paper Info
Title
On the state of the art: risk communication to the public
Abstract
This paper reviews the state of the art on risk communication to the public, with an emphasis on summarizing relevant empirical findings. In particular, the paper reviews empirical results regarding the format of risk communication messages, the use of risk comparisons, audience differences, and the use of mental models as an aid in crafting effective risk communication messages. Later sections discuss the issue of credibility and trust in risk communication, and the use of stakeholder participation processes — important areas in which not as much rigorous empirical information is available. Due to the breadth of the topic, the paper is not intended to be a comprehensive review, but rather an overview of the voluminous literature in this area.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00090-9
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Risk communication,Risk perception,Risk comparisons,Mental models,Trust,Stakeholder participation
Journal
71
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0951-8320
11
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.54
2
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vicki M. Bier142140.44