The 40th Anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis presents an apt time to step back and
review the field of risk communication. In this review, we first evaluate recent debates over …

In this comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of risk communication, the field's leading
experts summarize theory, current research, and practice in a range of disciplines and …

This paper reviews the state of the art on risk communication to the public, with an emphasis
on summarizing relevant empirical findings. In particular, the paper reviews empirical results …

Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk
communication. Risk communication is seen by many as an important tool for managing …

Ten years ago, scholars suggested that risk communication was embarking on a new phase
that would give increased attention to the social contexts that surround and encroach on …

No consensus exists on how to develop effective risk messages that motivate appropriate
action yet do not unduly frighten people. A useful framework for developing risk messages is …

Information is increasingly being used as a regulatory instrument, and legislative initiatives
in the US and Europe are extending the public's right to know about risks to new areas …

Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook provide risk communicators with the
opportunity to quickly reach their constituents at the time of an emerging infectious disease …

This chapter responds to the challenge from the proponents of the social amplification of risk
framework (SARF) a decade ago, that future research should focus on the interaction …

A macro‐view of the field of media and risk is offered by examining four main routes of
media‐risk research. These routes are the media's role in: providing risk knowledge to …