Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication

The Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication explores the scope and purpose of risk and its counterpart crisis to facilitate the understanding of these issues from conceptual and strategic perspectives. Recognizing that risk is a central feature of our daily lives found in relationships organizations governments the environment and a wide variety of interactions contributors to this volume explore such questions as: What is likely to happen to whom and with what consequences?; To what extent can science and vigilance prevent or mitigate negative outcomes?; and What obligation do some segments of local national and global populations have to help other segments manage risks? shedding light on the issues in the quest for definitive answers. The Handbook offers a broad approach to the study of risk and crisis as joint concerns. Chapters explore the reach of crisis and risk communication define and examine key constructs and parse the contexts of these vital areas. As a whole the volume presents a comprehensive array of studies that highlight the standard principles and theories on both topics serving as the largest effort to date focused on engaging risk communication discussions in a comprehensive manner. With perspectives from psychology sociology anthropology political science economics and communication the Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication enlarges the approach to defining and recognizing risk and how should it best be managed. It provides vital insights for all disciplines studying risk including communication public relations business and psychology and will be required reading for scholars and researchers investigating risk and crisis in various contexts. . Language: English