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Author:   José Sixto-García ,  Sara Pérez-Seijo ,  Berta García-Orosa (USC, Spain)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781032618111

ISBN 10:   1032618116
Pages:   138
Publication Date:   12 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Foreword 1. An introduction to radon gas and risk communication Part I. Radon: a public health issue 2. Indoor radon as a public health problem. Available evidence on radon and its health effects 3. Radon and citizen science Part II. Communicating public health 4. Public health communication from digital native media 5. Opportunities for information visualization in risk communication 6. Health communication, awareness raising, and metaverse: an approach to the radon gas situation in Spain Part III. Public perception of risk 7. When risk is invisible and at home: news coverage on radon gas in local media 8. Public Perception and Treatment of Risk Communication in Latin America 9. Media coverage of risk and expert opinion 10. Conclusions: deductions on health communication in the current media scene and challenges for the future

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José Sixto-García is Professor of Journalism at the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He has a PhD in Communication and Journalism. He was the Director of the Social Media Institute (2013-2019), and his research is focused on new media, new narratives and social networks. Sara Pérez-Seijo has a Ph.D. in Communication, is Assistant Professor at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and a member of Novos Medios research group. She was a visiting scholar at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. EUniWell's Communications Manager at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Section Editor at Profesional de la Información. Berta García-Orosa is Full Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). She holds a B.A. in Communication Sciences, a B.A. in Political and Administration Sciences and a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has studied communication and politics for more than 20 years, collaborated in more than 50 research projects and published over 100 articles and chapters

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