Risk Identification: A Corpus‐Assisted Study of Websites of Government Agencies. Issue 3 (20th January 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Risk Identification: A Corpus‐Assisted Study of Websites of Government Agencies. Issue 3 (20th January 2020)
- Main Title:
- Risk Identification: A Corpus‐Assisted Study of Websites of Government Agencies
- Authors:
- Boholm, Max
Boholm, Åsa - Abstract:
- Abstract : Government agencies have a key role in the regulation, management, and communication of risk. This paper explores how seven Swedish government agencies in the policy fields of (i) chemicals, (ii) civil contingencies, (iii) energy, (iv) environmental protection, (v) food, (vi) housing and buildings, and (vii) traffic identify risks on their websites. The relational theory of risk is used as an analytical tool to unpack risk identification. An analytical distinction is made between "risk objects, " that is, potentially harmful objects, and "objects at risk, " that is values at stake. The articulation of risk objects and objects at risk on government agencies' websites is explored by using corpus linguistic techniques that reveal lexical and grammatical patterns of the word "risk." The agencies identify an extensive assembly of risk objects of various kinds. The sets of risks identified are rather idiosyncratic and there is limited overlap between agencies. The identification of objects at risk is less varied and idiosyncratic than the identification of risk objects, were the agencies appear to be more in agreement. The findings are discussed in relation to the scope of risk identification; institutional explanations, and in terms of conditions for inter‐agency collaboration, identified as a key feature of effective risk governance. 风险识别: 一项经语料库协助的政府机构网站研究: 政府机构在风险规制、风险管理和风险传播中发挥关键作用。本文探究了七个瑞典政府机构如何在各自网站上识别风险, 这七个机构分别属于以下政策领域: (1) 化学品、(2) 公民应急、(3) 能源、(4) 环境保护、(5)Abstract : Government agencies have a key role in the regulation, management, and communication of risk. This paper explores how seven Swedish government agencies in the policy fields of (i) chemicals, (ii) civil contingencies, (iii) energy, (iv) environmental protection, (v) food, (vi) housing and buildings, and (vii) traffic identify risks on their websites. The relational theory of risk is used as an analytical tool to unpack risk identification. An analytical distinction is made between "risk objects, " that is, potentially harmful objects, and "objects at risk, " that is values at stake. The articulation of risk objects and objects at risk on government agencies' websites is explored by using corpus linguistic techniques that reveal lexical and grammatical patterns of the word "risk." The agencies identify an extensive assembly of risk objects of various kinds. The sets of risks identified are rather idiosyncratic and there is limited overlap between agencies. The identification of objects at risk is less varied and idiosyncratic than the identification of risk objects, were the agencies appear to be more in agreement. The findings are discussed in relation to the scope of risk identification; institutional explanations, and in terms of conditions for inter‐agency collaboration, identified as a key feature of effective risk governance. 风险识别: 一项经语料库协助的政府机构网站研究: 政府机构在风险规制、风险管理和风险传播中发挥关键作用。本文探究了七个瑞典政府机构如何在各自网站上识别风险, 这七个机构分别属于以下政策领域: (1) 化学品、(2) 公民应急、(3) 能源、(4) 环境保护、(5) 粮食、(6) 住房与建筑、(7) 交通。风险关系理论作为一项分析工具, 用于解构风险识别。找出了"风险物"(即潜在危害物)与"承担风险物"(即处于风险之中的价值)之间的一个分析差异。通过使用能揭示"风险"一词的词汇模式和语法模式的语料库语言学技术, 探究了政府机构网站上关于风险物与承担风险物的解释。政府机构识别了大量的不同种风险物。识别出的风险集具有相当的异质性, 并且机构间的重叠情况有限。相比起风险物的识别, 承担风险物的识别存在较少变化, 异质性较小, 因此各机构就此看似达成更多一致。探讨了与风险传播范围及机构解释相关的研究结果, 并探讨了与机构间协作的条件相关的研究结果, 协作被识别为有效风险治理的一个关键特征。 Identificación de riesgos: un estudio de sitios web de agencias gubernamentales asistido por corpus: Las agencias gubernamentales tienen un papel clave en la regulación, gestión y comunicación de riesgos. Este documento explora cómo siete agencias gubernamentales suecas en los campos de políticas de (1) químicos, (2) contingencias civiles, (3) energía, (4) protección ambiental, (5) alimentos, (6) viviendas y edificios, y (7) ) el tráfico identifica riesgos en sus sitios web. La teoría relacional del riesgo se utiliza como herramienta analítica para desempaquetar la identificación del riesgo. Se hace una distinción analítica entre "objetos de riesgo", es decir, objetos potencialmente dañinos y "objetos en riesgo", es decir, valores en juego. La articulación de los objetos de riesgo y los objetos en riesgo en los sitios web de las agencias gubernamentales se explora mediante el uso de técnicas lingüísticas de corpus que revelan patrones léxicos y gramaticales de la palabra "riesgo". Las agencias identifican un amplio conjunto de objetos de riesgo de diversos tipos. Los conjuntos de riesgos identificados son bastante idiosincrásicos y existe una superposición limitada entre las agencias. La identificación de objetos en riesgo es menos variada e idiosincrásica que la identificación de objetos en riesgo, donde las agencias parecen estar más de acuerdo. Los resultados se discuten en relación con el alcance de la identificación del riesgo; explicaciones institucionales, y en términos de condiciones para la colaboración interinstitucional, identificadas como una característica clave de la gobernanza efectiva del riesgo. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Risk, hazards & crisis in public policy. Volume 11:Issue 3(2020)
- Journal:
- Risk, hazards & crisis in public policy
- Issue:
- Volume 11:Issue 3(2020)
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- Volume 11, Issue 3 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0011-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 242
- Page End:
- 269
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-20
- Subjects:
- corpus linguistics -- government agencies -- websites -- risk identification -- collaboration
语料库语言学 -- 政府机构 -- 网站 -- 风险识别 -- 协作
lingüística de corpus -- agencias gubernamentales -- sitios web -- identificación de riesgos -- colaboración
Emergency management -- Periodicals
Disasters -- Government policy
Disasters -- Periodicals
Public health -- Periodicals
Disasters
Disasters -- Government policy
Emergency management
Public health
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- 10.1002/rhc3.12184 ↗
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