风险社会背景下,社会法学研究理应关注中国现代化进程中所产生的诸多社会风险,以提升政府的风险管理能力。“‘7·23’甬温线动车事故”作为一个典型范例,大众传媒报道、公众情绪反应和概率忽视等因素综合促成的公众风险恐慌,需要政府审视网络言论自由的界限、以风险信息披露为基础的风险沟通制度,并建立一种以技术化、专业化和规范化为基础的风险管理制度。 Under the background of risk society, the study of social jurisprudence should pay attention to many social risks arising from the process of China’s modernization so as to enhance the government’s risk management capabilities. As a typical example, the mass media coverage, the public risk reaction and the probability of neglect and other factors contributed to public risk panic, the government needs to examine the boundaries of freedom of speech network to risk information Disclosure-based risk communication system and establish a risk management system based on technology, specialization and standardization.