Risk-Informed Information Practice - 9781032613833

Risk-Informed Information PracticeWays of Knowing in an Uncertain World\nAuthor(s): Alison Hicks\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032613833, 978-1032613833\nSynopsis\nHow do people become informed about risk and why is this important? This book draws upon three case studies to interrogate risks informational thread, including how people map and orient themselves to risk information as well as how these activities shape their increasingly knowledgeable performance within a risk situation.\n\nThis book offers a novel theoretical, methodological and practical approach for considering how risk responses are informed. As the first full-length treatment of this topic, the book provides insight into how people become knowledgeable about risk, including the various sources of information on which they draw and the social and political conditions that shape access to these information environments. In further centring dev.