Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521002561)

This book explains how to develop more effective risk communications using the Carnegie Mellon mental-model approach. Such communications are designed to contain, in readily usable form, the information that people need to make informed decisions about risks to health, safety, and the environment. The approach draws together methods from the natural and social sciences, providing a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration. It is demostrated with varied examples including electromagnetic fields, climate change, radon, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Author: M. Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischhoff, Ann Bostrom
ISBN-10: 0521002567
ISBN-13: 9780521002561
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2001
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.96w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2002 pg. 1982