The significance of crisis and risk communication / Robert L. Heath and H. Dan O'Hair -- Historical trends of risk and crisis communication / Michael J. Palenchar -- Cultural theory and risk / James Tansey and Steve Rayner -- Risk communication: insights and requirements for designing successful...

The Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication explores the scope and purpose of risk, and its counterpart, crisis, to facilitate the understanding of these issues from conceptual and strategic perspectives. Recognizing that risk is a central feature of our daily lives, found in relationships,...

This volume demonstrates a range of possibilities for creative thinking about public relations management and collaboration in different settings and with different purposes. The chapters hint at opportunities, point towards innovation, and challenge our thinking about the power of creativity.