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Four questions for risk communication: a response to Roger Kasperson

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  • Ortwin Renn

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Based on an inclusive view of communication, the article claims that the ultimate goal of risk communication is to assist stakeholders and the public at large in understanding the rationale of a risk-based (risk-informed) decision, and to arrive at a balanced judgment that reflects the factual evidence about the matter at hand in relation to their own interests and values. Given this purpose of risk communication, the article by Roger Kasperson addresses four important issues: persistence for being effective, managing uncertainty, enhancing trust, and creating new principles for a democratic, fair, and knowledgeable communication process. All four aspects are of critical importance for the discussion on risk communication.

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  • Ortwin Renn, 2014. "Four questions for risk communication: a response to Roger Kasperson," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(10), pages 1277-1281, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:17:y:2014:i:10:p:1277-1281
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.940601
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    1. Elvira Santiago-Gómez & Carmen Rodríguez-Rodríguez, 2023. "Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-14, July.
    2. Lin, Lexin & Nilsson, Anders & Sjölin, Johan & Abrahamsson, Marcus & Tehler, Henrik, 2015. "On the perceived usefulness of risk descriptions for decision-making in disaster risk management," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 48-55.
    3. Laura N. Rickard, 2021. "Pragmatic and (or) Constitutive? On the Foundations of Contemporary Risk Communication Research," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(3), pages 466-479, March.
    4. Dominic Balog‐Way & Katherine McComas & John Besley, 2020. "The Evolving Field of Risk Communication," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(S1), pages 2240-2262, November.

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