Risk vs. crisis communication
In the field of crisis management, there is some talk of risk communication and some of crisis communication. In some documents or reports, the terms are used as synonyms for each other or are not clearly differentiated. But is this actually the case? The extent to which the term risk communication needs to be distinguished from the term crisis communication depends on the model being considered. Depending on the model, a clear differentiation may not be possible, but it must be said in advance that risk communication and crisis communication are not the same thing, so using the terms as synonyms is not correct. First of all, it should be clarified what the respective terms are: Risk communication is understood as a general warning that the occurrence of an event is basically possible. Risk communication takes place regardless of the occasion and is intended to prepare people for [...]