http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:41:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The promotional video for the Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine provides an example for both effective uses of visual media and ineffective uses of visual media. The video and, from what I can tell, the book discuss the government’s use of Milton Friedman’s theory of economic shock treatment or ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/04/21/uses-of-visual-media-in-the-shock-doctrine/ One of the things that is neither addressed in this blog nor in other forms of risk communication about radiological dispersal devices is the comparative risk between RDDs and other problems either pertaining to national security or with other issues. Within already published and known forms of risk communication about RDDs, ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/03/26/comparative-risk/ In Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, visual media is used almost exclusively to convey to the audience the issue, problems, and solutions to global warming. I found that in the three main spans of the documentary (the issue, problem, and solution spans) that Gore used certain types of visuals to ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/03/23/visual-media-in-an-inconvenient-truth/ There are three types of visuals that I found that can be both useful to my topic and cause problems with my topic. They are the warning symbol for radioactive materials, the images that FEMA uses in their step-by-step on what to do during an RDD attack, and the image ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/03/20/usefulness-and-problems-with-images-and-visuals/ Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth uses a multimedia presentation, humor, and emotions to convince those who watch it that global warming is a serious problem that not only affect citizens of the U.S., but affects all those on the planet. Overall, the presentation is successful in portraying the issue and ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/03/16/an-inconvenient-truth/ For this week, we read sections of How to Create Powerful Press Releases by Judith Welsh. Discussed in these readings were the ten main reasons for sending a press release and how to write an effective press release. With this in mind, I have thought of three ideas for potential ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/02/28/ideas-for-a-press-release/ In Chapter 10 of Having Your Say, the "A, but B statement" is introduced as a way of stating your goal and what is blocking your goal from being achieved. For my topic on the threat of RDDs, I have created two such statements to clarify the overall goals of my ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/02/20/a-but-b-statement/ In the reading “Constraints to Effective Risk Communication,” there are several constraints faced by risk communicators discussed. Amongst these are emotional responses from the audience, believing that the public cannot understand complex sciences, and allowing outside sources to affect the public’s opinion on a risk. These three constraints are difficult ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/02/18/constraints-in-risk-communication/ Here's a few helpful posts that may interest you. FEMA – Are You Ready? This document gives basic information in order to prepare for a variety of national emergencies including a radiological dispersion device attack. Radiation Event Medical Management This website provides information to medical facilities about diagnosing and treating those who have been exposed ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/02/18/helpful-sources/ The case study on Risk Communication and the West Nile Virus portrayed the difficulties that many risk communicators may face when developing a plan for the public in preventing a risk. The authors of the article discuss numerous problems in risk communication including risk perception, mental noise, negative dominance, and ... http://rddandsecurity.uniblogs.org/2008/02/14/case-study-in-risk-communication/