Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication / Edition 1

Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication / Edition 1

by Albert Okunade, Jim Willis
ISBN-10:
0275952983
ISBN-13:
9780275952983
Pub. Date:
07/23/1997
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0275952983
ISBN-13:
9780275952983
Pub. Date:
07/23/1997
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication / Edition 1

Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication / Edition 1

by Albert Okunade, Jim Willis

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Overview

Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of jourbanalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. This work will be of interest to those studying communication, specifically in the areas of ethics in jourbanalism and public health and medical reporting.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275952983
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/23/1997
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)
Lexile: 1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

JIM WILLIS, a former newspaper reporter and editor, holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Managerial Jourbanalism at the University of Memphis. Professor Willis is the author of several books on jourbanalism and the mass media including The Age of Multimedia and Turbonews (Praeger, 1994).

ALBERT ADELOWO OKUNADE is Professor of Economics in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. He has published more than 40 jourbanal articles.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Field of Risk Communication
The Jourbanalist and the Pursuit of Truth
The Scientist and the Pursuit of Truth
Covering Medical News
Covering Environmental Risks
Covering Disasters
The Influence of TV, Movies, and the Internet
Covering the Health Care Story
Ethical Issues in Risk Communication
Appendix: In-Depth Reporting Examples
Selected Bibliography
Index

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