Risk communication: World creation through collective learning under complex contingent conditions

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-22

  Strydom, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Communication; Complexity; Contingency; Discourse; Learning; Normative standards; Problem solving; Public interest; Public sphere; Risk; The public; Uncertainty; World creation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORMATIVE STANDARDS; PUBLIC INTEREST; PUBLIC SPHERE; WORLD CREATION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42249103482     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701521248     Document Type: Article

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