The “How To”
Our recent reading for class is a how to on risk communication. The article takes risk communication and breaks down several of it methodologies and then applies them to the examples of risk communicating about the West Nile virus in 1999 and 2000 and a possible bio-terrorism event. I thought it was interesting how the article decides to use examples of risk communication that are pretty extreme. The examples that dealt with the risk communication involved with an environmental issue, that doesn’t directly put peoples’ lives at stake, could have made the article more useful. The most important part of the article is the section on establishing trust and credibility. Without those two concepts a person could stand on any old soapbox and voice their opinion ad the information would go through one ear and out the other.
Now you maybe thinking “But this blog kind of resembles a soap box. Some girl has just decided to dedicate a whole website to a single issue and post whatever she feels is relevant.” The key word here is relevant. The ICC is a current issue so any attention iIcan bring to it i.e. through my blog is good attention. Maryland residents need to be aware of what decisions are being made about the ICC because these decisions will affect everything from their schools, backyards and jobs. If I as a credible Maryland citizen, who lives within miles of I-370, can bring the ICC to one person then this blog is doing it’s job.
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