DISCUSSION: Lines 15-18 explain the purpose of risk communication. It should help people make information decisions about the risks posed by technology.
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- CORRECT. If you’re just helping people making a decision, then you’re not trying to persuade them to choose one side over the other.
- Lines 15-18 show that risk communicators should explain technology, but they shouldn’t persuade people to choose one way or the other. So “promotion” is out.
- Lines 15-18 make clear that risk communication is aimed at the lay public.
- Risk communication isn’t necessarily supposed to allay fears. Sometimes, fears are justified. Risk communication is only supposed to inform.
- Risk communication is not supposed to make the public accept new technologies. Risk communication gives people the information to decide whether to accept new technologies.
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