Risk communication, phenomenology, and the limits of representation

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ID12928354
AuthorsWilliam J Kinsella (0000-0003-4351-0070, North Carolina State University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume2
Issue2
Pages267-276
Publication date2010-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCatalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-1898 • E-ISSN: 1757-1901
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/cjcs.2.2.267_7
OpenAlexW2333375225
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited21

Despite movements towards more dialogic and rhetorical models, the field of risk communication remains rooted in foundational commitments regarding ontology, epistemology, authority and practice. In prevailing views of risk communication, risk is the primary phenomenon and communication is a secondary and subordinate process. Applying Heidegger's phenomenological critique of the modern world picture, phenonenologically-grounded communication theory, and Luhmann's model of autopoietic social systems, this essay proposes an alternative view in which communication constitutes, rather than represents, risks and explores the implications of such a view

Autopoiesis · Communication studies · Dialogic · Epistemology · Grounded theory · Linguistics · Ontology · Phenomenology (philosophy · Phenomenon · Political science · Qualitative research · Representation (politics · Rhetorical question · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Risk Perception and Management

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