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  • Risk Analysis
  • Communication Studies
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • The 40th anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis provides an opportunity to review the field of risk communication.
  • Current debates question the field's state and future, suggesting a need for broader perspectives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate recent debates on the current state and future directions of risk communication.
  • To review prominent scholarship in cognitive, cultural, and social risk communication published since 2010.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of risk communication scholarship from 2010 onwards.
  • Analysis of research trends focusing on messengers, transparency, social media, message attributes, and audience engagement.

Main Results:

  • Trust in risk communicators remains a key research area, with new studies on transparency and social media.
  • Message framing, emotional responses, and uncertainty are crucial for message effectiveness, emphasizing the need for evaluation.
  • Audience research shows advancements in risk perception and engagement, considering demographic and psychographic factors.

Conclusions:

  • A single, generic definition of risk communication is less productive than embracing its diverse, interdisciplinary forms.
  • Nurturing the field's interdisciplinary tradition is essential for the next phase of risk communication research.