Risk/Science Communication 

 

Overviews

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Fischhoff, B. (2019). Evaluating science communication. PNAS, 116(16), 7670-7675. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1805863115

 

Fischhoff, B., & Davis, A.L. (2014).  Communicating scientific uncertainty.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (Supplement 4), 13664-13671. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.131750411

 

Fischhoff, B.  (2013).  The sciences of science communication.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (Supplement 3), 14033-14039. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213273110.

 

Fischhoff, B.  (2011).  Applying the science of communication to the communication of science.  Climatic Change, 108, 701-705. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-011-0183-9

 

Fischhoff, B.  (2007).  Non-persuasive communication about matters of greatest urgency: Climate change.  Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 7204-7208. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0726411

 

Fischhoff, B.  (1995).  Risk perception and communication unplugged:  Twenty years of process.  Risk Analysis, 15, 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1995.tb00308.x

 

Fischhoff, B., Slovic, P. & Lichtenstein, S.  (1981).   Lay foibles and expert fables in judgments about risk.  American Statistician, 1982, 36, 240-255; https://doi.org/10.2307/2683835.

 

Greenberg, M., & Lowrie, K. (2022). Baruch Fischhoff: Creating, testing, and communicating theories about risk perception, public preferences, and communication. Risk Analysis, 42, 1895-1899. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13996.

 

Empirical Articles

 

Yang, Y., Wong-Parodi, G, & Fischhoff, B. (in press). Visual displays for communicating multiple uncertain forecasts. Decision.

 

Woloshin, S., Yang, Y., & Fischhoff, B. (2023). Communicating health information with visual displays. Nature Medicine. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02328-1

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Drummond, C., & Fischhoff, B.  (2017).  Individuals with greater science literacy and education have more polarized beliefs on controversial science topics.  PNAS, 114, 9587-9592. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704882114

 

Dewitt, B., Fischhoff, B., Davis, A.L., & Broomell, S.  (2015).  Environmental risk perception from visual cues: Caution and sensitivity in evaluating tornado risks.  Environmental Research Letters, 10, 124009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124009

 

Davis, A.L., & Fischhoff, B. (2014). Communicating uncertain experimental evidence.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 261-274. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033778

 

Bruine de Bruin, W., Güvenç, Ü., Fischhoff, B., Armstrong, C.M., & Caruso, D.  (2009).  Communicating about xenotransplanation: Models and scenarios. Risk Analysis, 29, 1105-1115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01241.x

 

Eggers, S.L., & Fischhoff, B.  (2004).  Setting policies for consumer communications: A behavioral decision research approach. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 23(1), 14-27.

 

Woloshin, S., Schwartz, L.M., Byram, S., Fischhoff, B., & Welch, H.G.  (1998).  Scales for assessing perceptions of event probability: A validation study.  Medical Decision Making, 14, 490-503.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X000200030

 

Bostrom, A., Atman, C.J., Fischhoff, B., & Morgan, M.G.  (1994).  Evaluating risk communications:  Completing and correcting mental models of hazardous processes. Part 2.  Risk Analysis, 14, 789-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00290.x  

 

Atman, C.J., Bostrom, A., Fischhoff, B. & Morgan, M.G.  (1994).  Designing risk communications:  Completing and correcting mental models of hazardous processes, Part 1.  Risk Analysis, 14, 779-788. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00289.x

 

Maharik, M., & Fischhoff, B.  (1993).  Public views of using nuclear energy sources in space missions.  Space Policy, 9, 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/0265-9646(93)90023-3

 

Bostrom, A., Fischhoff, B., & Morgan, M.G. (1992).  Characterizing mental models of hazardous processes: A methodology and an application to radon.  Journal of Social Issues, 48(4), 85-100.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01946.x

 

Fischhoff, B. & MacGregor, D.  (1983).  Judged lethality:  How much people seem to know depends upon how they are asked.  Risk Analysis, 3, 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1983.tb01391.x

 

Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B. & Lichtenstein, S.  (1979). Rating the risks.  Environment, 21(4), 14-20, 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.1979.9933091

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Books

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Morgan, M.G., Fischhoff, B., Bostrom, A., & Atman, C.  (2001).  Risk communication: A mental models approach.  New York: Cambridge University Press. 

 

Fischhoff, B., & Scheufele, D. (eds.).  (2013).  The Science of Science Communication.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (supplement 3). http://www.pnas.org/content/110/Supplement_3

 

Fischhoff, B., & Scheufele, D. (eds.) (2014).  The Science of Science Communication II.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (supplement 4). http://www.pnas.org/content/111/Supplement_4

 

Fischhoff, B., & Scheufele, D. (eds.).  (2019).  The Science of Science Communication III.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(16). https://www.pnas.org/content/116/16

 

Fischhoff, B., Brewer, N., & Downs, J.S.  (eds.).  (2011).  Communicating risks and benefits: An evidence-based user’s guide.  Washington, DC: Food and Drug Administration.  In Japanese (Tokyo, Maruzen, 2015). http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Reports/ucm268078.htm