Rhetoric and Risk
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Roy Schwartzman, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The discoveries of science and technology are accelerating. The choice of how to regulate and react to scientific and technological innovations relies heavily on the notion of risk. The emergence nature contemporary science and technology (i.e., complex systems that are not reducible to the simple physical and chemical processes from which they arose) confounds risk studies (Goodenough & Deacon, 2006). Indeed, whether to embark on a particular path of scientific inquiry or proceed with a technological development depends on the ability to calculate the amount of risk associated with the endeavor. We are, however, ill-equipped to resolve the demands of risk analysis with certainty.
Rhetoric and Risk
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Poroi Journal, 7(1)
- Language: English
- Date: 2011
- Keywords
- risk, communication studies, scientific discourse, rhetoric