Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication - The Global Challenges of Covid-19 and Climate Change

This book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about the global risks of the pandemic and climate change.

List of contents

Table of contents
Introduction
2. Global risks
3. Responsibilisation and risk
4. Pandemic risk communication
5. Climate change risk communication
6. Risk communication for responsible action
7. Conclusion
Index

About the author

Antoinette Fage-Butler is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research interests include risk, trustworthiness and cultural aspects of risk communication about health and climate change. She is currently the PI of the (Mis)trust of Scientific Expertise group which explores public trust in vaccine and climate science. She was awarded a Carlsberg Foundation Fellowship to write this research monograph.

Product details

• Authors: Antoinette Fage-Butler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032483405
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248340-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Sociology, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, MEDICAL / Public Health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Communication Studies, Public health & preventive medicine, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Public health and preventive medicine