Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process
By: edited by Virginia H. Sublet, Vincent T. Covello, Tim L. Tinker
Contributors: Covello, Vincent T.; Tinker, Tim L.
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences -- 86; NATO ASI Series, Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences -- 86
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9789048147373; 9789401586191
Subjects: System safety; Engineering; Social sciences; Environmental management
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Paris, France, September 8-10, 1994
Description: Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill siting, risk perception, global warming, international health for all, and more. The conclusions and recommendations presented here are being used to develop future activities to further explore this area of risk communication as an international study. Audience: Scientists, risk communicators, psychologists, toxicologists, health professionals, and anyone who has an interest in public communication on scientific uncertainty.
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