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Risk communication and miscommunication: case studies in science, technology, engineering, government and community organizations

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dc.contributor.authorBoiarsky, Carolyn R., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-01T20:31:49Z
dc.date.available2016-09-01T20:31:49Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractBoiarsky draws from research in rhetoric, linguistics, technical communication, and psychology for a new approach at risk communication and the communication skills necessary for dealing with environmental and technological problems that could lead to major crises.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsChapter 1. Writing and Reading in the Context of the Environmental Sciences: A Case Study of the Chicago Flood. Introduction -- The Chicago Flood -- Reading Koncza's Memo -- Knowledge of the Topic Affects the Reader's Comprehension of the Message -- Recognizing the Purpose of a Message Affects the Reader's Response to a Message -- The Context in Which a Reader Reads a Document Affects the Reader's Interpretation of the Message -- Readers' Reading Styles and Patterns Determine the Information Readers Obtain -- Writing a More Effective Memorandum -- Summary: What Readers Do -- Chapter 2. Effective Discourse Strategies: A Case Study of the 2011 Mississippi Flood -- Introduction -- The 2011 Mississippi Flood -- Writing the Corps's Letters: Making Appropriate Rhetorical Decisions. Focusing on the Readers' as Well as the Writers' Purposes -- Providing Content Readers Want and Need -- Organizing Information to Facilitate Readers' Comprehension -- Helping Readers Read Fluently -- Summary -- Chapter 3. Effective Persuasive Strategies: Cheap, Available Coal Power vs. a Clean Environment. Introduction Continued Use of Coal as a Source of Energy -- Recognizing Readers' Biases. Reflecting Readers' Attitudes -- Reflecting Readers' Concept of Valid Evidence -- Helping Readers Follow a Line of Reasoning -- Review -- Chapter 4. Communicating with Electronic Media: Case Studies in the Columbia Shuttle Breakup and the BP/Horizon Oil Rig Explosion. Communicating via Electronic Media -- Reading on Electronic Media -- Columbia Shuttle Accident -- Writing for Electronic Media -- The BP/Horizon Gulf Oil Rig Explosion -- Problems in Communicating with Electronic Media -- 1. Transfer of the Conventions and Style of Social Media to Technical/Scientific Correspondence -- 2. Transfer of the Functions of the Telephone to E-mail and Text Messages -- 3. Sole Reliance on Electronic Media to Discuss Complex Messages -- 4. Failure to Read, Reflect on, and Revise a Draft -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for Writing Effective Electronic Messages -- Chapter 5. Communicating with PowerPoint: The Army, NASA, and the Enbridge Pipeline. PowerPoint and the Army -- Inappropriate Rhetorical Decisions -- Columbia Shuttle Breakup -- Inappropriate Graphical Decisions -- Synergistic Effects Differentiating Effects between Textual and Graphical Slides -- Effects of a Slide Deck -- Effects of Handouts and Note-Taking -- Improving Presentations -- Changing Perspective -- Reducing Synergistic Effects -- Guidelines -- Slides -- Handouts and Note-Taking -- An Effective Slideware Presentation Mixing Graphics and Text: Expansion of the Enbridge Pipeline -- Example of a Presentation with Text-Based Slideware.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/177057
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshRisk communication
dc.subject.lcshMiscommunication
dc.titleRisk communication and miscommunication: case studies in science, technology, engineering, government and community organizations
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