Description of the Exam
Exam #3 will contain two sections of short-answer questions. In the first section students will be asked to answer three required questions worth 10 points each. In the second section students will be asked to answer two of four questions worth 10 points each.
Reading Assignments
Required
Class Notes.
Risk Communication
The Media and Risk Communication
Globalization
Risk and Public Policy
Recommended
Familiarity with consumer issues regarding the Sampler Technologies.
Discussion Questions
- Be prepared to describe the history of efforts at effective risk communication.
- Be prepared to describe the elements of effective risk communication.
- Be prepared to describe the barriers to effective risk communication.
- Be prepared to discribe the Natural History Model, the Public Arena Model, and the Hoopla Effect. Know appropriate ways the media can present risk information to the public.
- Be prepared to describe the concept of comparative advantage.
- Be prepared to describe the concepts of economic leakage and dependency as they relate to primary, secondary, and tertiary economiies.
- Be prepared to describe the dilemmas faced by risk assessors in working with the public to define technological risk (i.e., fact-value dilemma, etc.)
- Shrader-Frechette identifies four inappropriate responses to public concerns about complex, controversial technologies. Describe each one and the counterargument to these responses offered by Shrader-Frechette.
- Shrader-Frechette identifies five improper/unethical rationales used to disseminate usafe technologies to areas with little knowledge about the technology or power to influence its use. Describe each of these rationales and why it is improper/unethical.
Help Session
The help session for this exam will be held on Monday, November 10, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We will meet on the first floor of East Hall and find an open classroom to hold the help session.
Dr. Sapp's Office Hours are MWF, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., or by appointment. Students are invited to come to the office at any time to discuss the class materials.
