1.2 - Understanding Risk Communication
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Practice Questions
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What is risk communication?
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose behind sharing information.
Identify one type of sender in risk communication.
💡 Hint: Who collects data about the risks?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What defines risk communication?
💡 Hint: Focus on the purpose behind the communication.
True or False: Noise has no impact on communication.
💡 Hint: Consider the distractions that can occur during communication.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an effective approach to communicate risk information during a hurricane warning in a community with diverse language barriers.
💡 Hint: Consider local resources and how to engage the community.
Evaluate a scenario in which a risk communication message was misunderstood due to noise. Propose how the communication could be adjusted to minimize this noise.
💡 Hint: Think of situations where communication could be muddled.
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