Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach

by M. Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischhoff, Ann Bostrom

This book explains how to develop more effective risk communications using the Carnegie Mellon mental-model approach. Such communications are designed to contain, in readily usable form, the information that people need to make informed decisions about risks to health, safety, and the environment. The approach draws together methods from the natural and social sciences, providing a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration. It is demostrated with varied examples including electromagnetic fields, climate change, radon, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Genres: Research

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Kelly]

Note: one of the authors is a colleague of mine (was my PhD advisor)

This is a thorough overview and guide to a method for crafting risk communications of different types, written in a more conversational style than these such books mostly are, so it wasn’t dry reading. I think it will be very helpful for my future research.