The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication

Acknowledgments Introduction: Explicating Communication in Risk Communication - Hyunyi Cho, Torsten Reimer, and Katherine A. McComas Part I: Foundations of Risk Communication Section 1: Risk Perceptions of Individuals Chapter 1: Risk Perception - Nicolai Bodemer and Wolfgang Gaissmaier Chapter 2: The Challenge of the Description-Experience Gap to the Communication of Risks - Ralph Hertwig and Renato Frey Chapter 3: The Feeling of Risk: Implications for Risk Perception and Communication - Stephan Dickert, Daniel Vastfjall, Robert Mauro, and Paul Slovic Section 2: Risk as Social Construction Chapter 4: Social Construction of Risk - Adam Burgess Chapter 5: The Role of News Media in the Social Amplification of Risk - Andrew R. Binder, Michael A. Cacciatore, Dietram A. Scheufele, and Dominique Brossard Chapter 6: Rhetoric of Risk - Robin E. Jensen Part II: Components of Risk Communication Section 3: Models of Risk Communication Chapter 7: Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model - Sharon Dunwoody and Robert J. Griffin Chapter 8: The Societal Risk Reduction Motivation Model - Hyunyi Cho and Kai Kuang Section 4: Audiences of Risk Communication Chapter 9: The Role of Numeracy in Risk Communication - Priscila G. Brust-Renck, Valerie F. Reyna, Jonathan C. Corbin, Caisa E. Royer, and Rebecca B. Weldon Chapter 10: Edgework and Risk Communication - Stephen Lyng, Thomas Workman, and G. H. Morris Section 5: Risk Communication Messages Chapter 11: Numeric Communication of Risk - Torsten Reimer, Christina Jones, and Christine Skubisz Chapter 12: Narrative Communication of Risk: Toward Balancing Accuracy and Acceptance - Hyunyi Cho and L. Brooke Friley Chapter 13: Visual Messaging and Risk Communication - Andrew J. King Section 6: Risk Communication and the Media Chapter 14: Media Portrayal of Risk: The Social Production of News - Susanna Priest Chapter 15: Framing, the Media, and Risk Communication in Policy Debates - Matthew C. Nisbet Chapter 16: Social Media and Risk Communication - Stephen A. Rains, Steven R. Brunner, and Kyle Oman Part III: Contexts of Risk Communication Section 7: Interpersonal Contexts of Risk Communication Chapter 17: Risk Communication in Provider-Patient Interactions - Carma L. Bylund, Erin Maloney, and Emily B. Peterson Chapter 18: Informed Consent - Janet Yang Section 8: Organizational Contexts of Risk Communication Chapter 19: Risk Communication in Groups - Tillman Russell and Torsten Reimer Chapter 20: Crisis Communication - Timothy L. Sellnow Section 9: Risk Communication in the Public Sphere Chapter 21: Social Movements and Risk Communication - Hilary Schaffer Boudet and Shannon Elizabeth Bell Chapter 22: Public Engagement in Risk-Related Decision Making - John C. Besley Glossary Author Index Subject Index About the Editors About the Contributors