Spring 2027

Risk Communication

RISK COMMUNICATION examines risk as a central concept in communication using interdisciplinary literature from fields like psychology, sociology, and formal risk analysis.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Nan Li

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the psychological processes by which risk perceptions are formed across the world and explain these in lay terms to different audiences

  • Analyze media portrayals of risk and their effect on public perceptions in different cultural settings

  • Describe the importance of social, political and cultural contexts for risk related issues at the global scale

  • Critically assess campaigns aiming at persuading individuals to make specific decisions in high-risk situations around the world

  • Analyze and synthesize relevant scholarly literature related to risk communication

  • Formulate a research proposal articulating a primary research project in riskcommunication

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing and (LSC 250 or 251); or graduate/professional standing

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LSC 625

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Professors

Spring 2027

Nan Li

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NAN LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 350

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Global issues including environmental, technological, health, food safety, military, terrorism, and natural disaster risks.
  • Social, political, and cultural contexts for global risk-related issues.

Skills

  • Explain psychological processes of risk perception in lay terms to different audiences.
  • Analyze media portrayals of risk and their effect on public perceptions.
  • Critically assess persuasive campaigns in high-risk situations.
  • Analyze and synthesize scholarly literature on risk communication.
  • Formulate a research proposal for a primary project in risk communication.

Grades

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LSC 625 · Spring 2027

Risk Communication

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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