Risk Communication: Selected Readings
1. Covello,
V., Peters, R., Wojtecki, J., and Hyde, R. "Risk Communication,
the West Nile Virus Epidemic, and Bio-terrorism: Responding to the
Communication Challenges Posed by the Intentional or Unintentional
Release of a Pathogen in an Urban Setting." Journal of Urban
Health. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2001: 78(2)(June):382-391.
2. Fischhoff
B. Risk perception and communication unplugged: Twenty years of
progress. Risk Analysis 1995;15(2):137-145.
3. National
Research Council. Improving Risk Communication. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press; 1989.
4. Slovic P.
"Perception of Risk." Science. 1987;236:280-285.
Risk Communication:
Additional Readings
1. Bok, S. Lying.
Moral Choice in Public and Private Life. Macmillan. New York. 1989.
2. Covello VT.
1999. Risk communication, children’s health, and environmental
tobacco smoke. In Proceedings of the World Health Organization Consultation
on Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Children’s Health. Geneva,
Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1999.
3. Covello VT,
McCallum DB, Pavlova MT. "Principles and guidelines for improving
risk communication." In: Covello VT, McCallum DB, Pavlova MT,
eds. Effective Risk Communication: The Role and Responsibility of
Government and Non-government Organizations. New York, NY: Plenum
Press. 1989.
4. Ekman, P.
Telling Lies: Clues to Deception. New York. Norton. 1992.
5. Fisher, R.
and Ury, W. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving
In. New York. Peguin. 1991.
6. Knapp, M.
and Hall, J. Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction. Fort
Worth. Harcourt Brace. 1992.
7. Morris, D.
Body Talk: The Meaning of Human Gestures. Crown. New York. 1994.
8. Seligman,
M. Learned Optimism. New York. Knopf. 1991
9. Seligman,
M. The Optimistic Child. New York. Houghton. 1995.
10. Tannen,
D. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New
York. Ballantine. 1990.
11. Tufte, Edward
R. Visual Explanation. Graphics Press. 1996
12. Tufte, Edward
R. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press. 1990
13. Tufte, Edward
R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Graphics Press.
1983.
14. Ury, W.
Getting Past No. New York. Penguin. 1995.
Risk Communication:
Readings
1. Chess C,
Hance BJ, Sandman PM. Planning Dialogue with Communities: A Risk
Communication Workbook. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, Cook
College, Environmental Communication Research Program; 1989.
2. Covello VT,
Sandman PM. Risk communication: Evolution and revolution. In: Wolbarst
A, ed. Solutions to an Environment in Peril. Baltimore, MD: John
Hopkins University Press; 2001 (in press):164-178.
3. Fischhoff
B. Helping the public make health risk decisions. In: Covello VT,
McCallum DB, Pavlova MT, eds. Effective Risk Communication: The
Role and Responsibility of Government and Nongovernment Organizations.
New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1989:111-116.
4. Fischoff
B, Slovic P, Lichtenstein L, Read S, Combs B. How safe is safe enough?
A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and
benefits. Policy Sciences. 1978;9:127-152.
5. Hance BJ,
Chess C, Sandman PM. Industry Risk Communication Manual. Boca Raton,
FL: CRC Press/Lewis Publishers; 1990.
6. Johnson BB,
Covello V. The Social and Cultural Construction of Risk: Essays
on Risk Selection and Perception. D. Reidel Publishing; 1987.
7. Kahnemann
D, Tversky A. Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk.
Econometrica. 1979;47(2):263-291.
8. Krimsky S,
Plough A. Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social
Process. Dover, MA: Auburn House; 1988.
9. Lofstedt
RE, Renn O. The Brent Spar controversy: An example of risk communication
gone wrong. Risk Analysis. 1997;17(2):131-135.
10. McGuire
WJ. Attitudes and attitude change. In:. Lindzey G, Aronson E, eds.
The Handbook of Social Psychology. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley;
1985.
11. Morgan G,
Fischhoff B. Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach. Cambridge
University Press; 2001.
12. Morgan G,
Fischhoff B, Bostrom A, Lave L, Atman CJ. Communicating risk to
the public. Environmental Science and Technology. 1992; 26(11):
2048-2056.
13. National
Research Council. Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic
Society. Washington, D.C .:National Academy Press; 1996.
14. Peters RG,
Covello VT, McCallum DB. The determinants of trust and credibility
in environmental risk communication: An empirical study. Risk Analysis.
1997;17(1):43-54.
15. Powell D,
Leiss W. Mad Cows and Mother’s Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk
Communication. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen’s University
Press; 1997.
16. Renn O,
Bums WJ, Kasperson JX, Kasperson RE, Slovic P. The social amplification
of risk: Theoretical foundations and empirical applications. Journal
of Social Science Issues. 1992;48,137-6.
17. Rodgers
EM. Diffusion of Innovation. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Free Press; 1983.
18. Rosenstock
IM, Stretcher VJ, Becker MH. Social learning theory and the health
belief model. Health Education Quarterly. 1988;15(2):175-184.
19. Sandman
PM. 1989. Hazard versus outrage in the public perception of risk.
In: Covello VT, McCallum DB, Pavlova MT, eds. Effective Risk Communication:
The Role and Responsibility of Government and Nongovernment Organizations.
New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1989:45-49.
20. Siegrist
M, Cvetkovich G, Roth C. Salient value similarity, social trust,
and risk/benefit perception. Risk Analysis. 2000;20(3): 353-361.
21. Slovic P,
Krauss N, Covello V. What should we know about making risk comparisons.
Risk Analysis. 1990;10: 389-392.
22. Weinstein
ND. Unrealistic optimism about future life events. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology. 1980;39:106-120.
23. Weinstein
ND. Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 1982;5: 441-460.
24. Wildavsky
A, Dake K. Theories of risk perception: Who fears what and why.
Daedalus. 1990;112:41-60.
25. Wildavsky
A, Douglas M. Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological
and Environmental Dangers. University of California Press; 1983.
