Embodied Environmental Risk in Technical Communication

Embodied Environmental Risk in Technical Communication is a timely and insightful edited collection that delves into the ways technical communicators tackle the challenges of risk and crisis communication in relation to both local and global environmental issues. The book emphasizes the need for improved technical communication that is grounded in a nuanced understanding of environmental risks, with a focus on promoting social justice.

The volume features a series of chapters addressing contemporary issues in risk communication, offering a diverse range of methodological practices. It serves as a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in the embodied aspects of crisis and risk communication. By incorporating elements such as user experience (UX), storytelling, and dynamic text, the chapters highlight the importance of engaging with the public in meaningful ways. The work underscores the cyclical nature of content creation, dissemination, public response, decision-making, and recovery, all aimed at enhancing adaptive capacity within communities.

Moreover, this collection draws attention to various challenges in communicating risks to diverse audiences, including perceptual difficulties, memory issues, definitional discrepancies, access barriers, and pedagogical concerns. It is a crucial read for scholars in the field and can also serve as a supplemental text or casebook for courses in technical communication, environmental communication, risk and crisis communication, science communication, and public health. Through its comprehensive approach, the book contributes significantly to the discourse on effective communication in the face of environmental risks.