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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Boiarsky draws from research in rhetoric, linguistics, technical communication, and psychology for a new approach at risk communication and the communication skills necessary for dealing with environmental and technological problems that could lead to major crises "-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; How to Read This Book; Introduction; Background; Chapter 1. Writing and Reading in the Context of the Environmental Sciences: A Case Study of the Chicago Flood; Introduction; The Chicago Flood; Reading Koncza's Memo; Knowledge of the Topic Affects the Reader's Comprehension of the Message; Recognizing the Purpose of a Message Affects the Reader's Response to a Message; The Context in Which a Reader Reads a Document Affects the Reader's Interpretation of the Message; Readers' Reading Styles and Patterns Determine the Information Readers Obtain. |
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Writing a More Effective MemorandumSummary: What Readers Do; Chapter 2. Effective Discourse Strategies: A Case Study of the 2011 Mississippi Flood; Introduction; The 2011 Mississippi Flood; Writing the Corps's Letters: Making Appropriate Rhetorical Decisions; Focusing on the Readers' as Well as the Writers' Purposes; Providing Content Readers Want and Need; Organizing Information to Facilitate Readers' Comprehension; Helping Readers Read Fluently; Summary; Chapter 3. Effective Persuasive Strategies: Cheap, Available Coal Power vs. a Clean Environment; Introduction. |
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Continued Use of Coal as a Source of EnergyRecognizing Readers' Biases; Reflecting Readers' Attitudes; Reflecting Readers' Concept of Valid Evidence; Helping Readers Follow a Line of Reasoning; Review; Chapter 4. Communicating with Electronic Media: Case Studies in the Columbia Shuttle Breakup and the BP/Horizon Oil Rig Explosion; Communicating via Electronic Media; Reading on Electronic Media; Columbia Shuttle Accident; Writing for Electronic Media; The BP/Horizon Gulf Oil Rig Explosion; Problems in Communicating with Electronic Media. |
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1. Transfer of the Conventions and Style of Social Media to Technical/Scientific Correspondence2. Transfer of the Functions of the Telephone to E-mail and Text Messages; 3. Sole Reliance on Electronic Media to Discuss Complex Messages; 4. Failure to Read, Reflect on, and Revise a Draft; Conclusion; Recommendations for Writing Effective Electronic Messages; Chapter 5. Communicating with PowerPoint: The Army, NASA, and the Enbridge Pipeline; PowerPoint and the Army; Inappropriate Rhetorical Decisions; Columbia Shuttle Breakup; Inappropriate Graphical Decisions; Synergistic Effects. |
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Differentiating Effects between Textual and Graphical SlidesEffects of a Slide Deck; Effects of Handouts and Note-Taking; Improving Presentations; Changing Perspective; Reducing Synergistic Effects; Guidelines; Slides; Handouts and Note-Taking; An Effective Slideware Presentation Mixing Graphics and Text: Expansion of the Enbridge Pipeline; Example of a Presentation with Text-Based Slideware; Bibliography; Websites with Background and Additional Information; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Risk communication.
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Risk communication. |
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Miscommunication.
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Miscommunication. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior. |
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boiarsky, Carolyn R. Risk communication and miscommunication. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016 9781607324669 (DLC) 2015029798 (OCoLC)928023445 |
| ISBN |
9781607324676 (electronic book) |
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1607324679 (electronic book) |
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9781607324669 |
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1607324660 |
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