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N/A - Communicating Risk (Communicating in Professions and Organizations) - 9781137478771 - V9781137478771
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Communicating Risk (Communicating in Professions and Organizations)

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Description for Communicating Risk (Communicating in Professions and Organizations) Hardcover. We live in world increasingly shaped by risk and the communication of risk has become a crucial part of professional work. Communicating Risk is the first book to bring together leading researchers and practitioners to explore key issues of risk communication across diverse professional domains. Editor(s): Crichton, Jonathan; Candlin, Christopher N. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 black & white tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: CF; JMH; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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, 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Communicating in Professions and Organizations
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137478771
SKU
V9781137478771
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About N/A
Jonathan Crichton is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Member of the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia. His research focuses on the role of language in professional-lay interactions. He has published in a wide range of international journals and edited collections and is the author of The Discourse of Commercialization (2010), and co-editor, ... Read more

Reviews for Communicating Risk (Communicating in Professions and Organizations)
Review 1 - Prof Claire Penn, University of the Witwatersrand General I have read the prospectus provided to me as well as the Table of contents Risk is a fascinating topic in the modern world and one which attracts the interest of multiple disciplines. This project specifically wishes to explores risk as a global phenomenon in an inter- domain and ... Read more

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