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UNINA9910253353703321 |
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Titolo |
Communicating Risk / / edited by Jonathan Crichton, Christopher N. Candlin, Arthur S. Firkins |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (379 p.) |
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Communicating in Professions and Organizations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discourse analysis |
Communication |
Public relations |
Community psychology |
Environmental psychology |
Linguistics |
Personality |
Social psychology |
Discourse Analysis |
Communication Studies |
Corporate Communication/Public Relations |
Community and Environmental Psychology |
Linguistics, general |
Personality and Social Psychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Communicating risk in healthcare -- Communicating risk in legal processes -- Communicating risk in social care -- Communicating risk in environmental management and biosecurity -- Mediating risk -- Regulating risk. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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We live in world increasingly shaped by risk, a fact underscored by recent events in the financial markets, science and technology, environmental policy and biosecurity, law enforcement and criminal justice. Risk assessment has become a central concern of governments, |
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organisations and the professions, and the communication of risk is a crucial part of professional work. Exploring how risk is discursively constructed across these domains is therefore central to our understanding of how professional practice affects people's lives. Communicating Risk takes up this challenge, with contributions from leading researchers and practitioners that examine key issues of risk communication across diverse professional domains. |
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