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Reporting on Risks Albert Okunade

Reporting on Risks By Albert Okunade

Reporting on Risks by Albert Okunade


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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 journalists.

Reporting on Risks Summary

Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication by Albert Okunade

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 journalists. 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 journalism and public health and medical reporting.

About Albert Okunade

JIM WILLIS, a former newspaper reporter and editor, holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Managerial Journalism at the University of Memphis. Professor Willis is the author of several books on journalism 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 journal articles.

Table of Contents

Preface The Field of Risk Communication The Journalist 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

Additional information

NPB9780275952969
9780275952969
0275952967
Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication by Albert Okunade
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1997-07-30
240
N/A
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