The management of and communication about risks has become a major question of public policy and intellectual debate in the modern world. The social amplification of risk framework describes how both social and individual factors act to amplify or dampen perceptions of risk and through this create s...

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Other Authors:	Pidgeon, Nick F. (Editor), Kasperson, Roger E. (Editor), Slovic, Paul 1938- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
Subjects:	Risk perception Risk / Sociological aspects Public opinion Gesellschaft Risikoverhalten Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	The management of and communication about risks has become a major question of public policy and intellectual debate in the modern world. The social amplification of risk framework describes how both social and individual factors act to amplify or dampen perceptions of risk and through this create secondary effects such as stigmatisation of technologies, economic losses or regulatory impacts. This volume, edited by three of the world's leading analysts of risk and its communication, brings together contributions from a group of international experts working in the field of risk perception and risk communication. Key conceptual issues are discussed as well as a range of recent case studies (spanning BSE and food safety, AIDS/HIV, nuclear power, child protection, Y2K, electromagnetic fields, and waste incineration) that take forward the state-of-the-art in risk amplification theory. The volume also draws attention to lessons for public policy, risk management and risk communication practice
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 448 pages)
ISBN:	9780511550461
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511550461