Risk communication: fators affecting impact

Risk communication: factors affecting impact.

The impact of risk communication depends upon a complex interaction between the characteristics of the audience, the source of the message, and its content. Audience perception of risk is influenced by demographic factors (e.g. age, gender), personality profile, past experience, and ideological orientation. It is also affected by cognitive biases (e.g. unrealistic optimism) and lay 'mental mode...

Agricultural development : the impact of communication

The impact of personalized risk communication on screening decisions.

Practice Pointers Screening tests are not appropriate for every patient. Instead, individual risk and personal values play a role in determining whether a given patient should undergo screening for a disease. Many guidelines recommend that physicians have a discussion with patients when determining whether to perform a specific screening test, and many guidelines use individual risk as a differ...

The Fukushima Daiichi Accident and its Impact on Risk Perception and Risk Communication

There is no question that the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011, after the 9.0magnitude earthquake that shook Japan and the subsequent tsunami, had a major impact not only on the safety of the people and the environment surrounding the site, but also on Japanese economy due to the affectation on the energy and agriculture sectors. However, the effects of the accident...

Do Perceived Communication Behavior and International Posture Impact Iranian English Learners’ Communication in English?

Many studies have been conducted on the ways of promoting willingness to communicate in learners in EFL/ESL contexts. While different scholars have undertaken studies on many of these variables, few of these studies have aimed at EFL university students in Iran. This study reports on the role of international posture and perceived communication behavior on Iranian EFL learners’ communication in...