Issues of communication lie at the heart of "risk perception" since the vast majority of risks would be known to only those who experience them were it not for the mass media. The historically individualist field of "risk perception" has tended to pay little attention to the contents of the mass media and the role these played in constructing risk-related thinking. Rather, the processing of risk "information" was situated within individual’s minds with the central question being: why are some (officially designated minimal) risks overplayed by certain individuals while others more serious risks are underplayed? The media are seen to play a major role in the amplification of certain risks (and the minimization of others) with those who recei...
The behavior of a heterogeneous population of individuals during an emergency, such as epidemics, na...
Differences in risk perception between a professional assessing a risk and a concerned community aff...
Building on the theoretical arguments of the impersonal-impact and differential-impact hypotheses, t...
This paper presents a discussion of risks in modern society. They are becoming increasingly importan...
The 21st century is being marked by a host of large-scale social threats: pandemics, natural catastr...
The concept of risk is becoming an established focus of rhetorical scholars and critics. As was rece...
With reference to the 'theoretical crisis' of those media researchers who have come to the conclusio...
This article provides an introduction to, and some motivation for, the themes addressed in the follo...
Behavioural reactions to potential hazards are likely to be determined by psychologically derived fa...
Paper presented at the 1st International Symposium on Understanding Health Benefits and Risks: Empow...
Chances are, if you asked a group of health physicists to defi ne risk communication, you would get ...
The use of risk communication as a policy tool has become increasingly important in areas as diverse...
A discrepancy is observed between the general public's subjective perception 'of environmental hazar...
The authors undertook a study to define the messages that exist in 2 communities of risk (e.g., high...
Which risks attract mass media attention? When and why do particular threats become headline news? U...
The behavior of a heterogeneous population of individuals during an emergency, such as epidemics, na...
Differences in risk perception between a professional assessing a risk and a concerned community aff...
Building on the theoretical arguments of the impersonal-impact and differential-impact hypotheses, t...
This paper presents a discussion of risks in modern society. They are becoming increasingly importan...
The 21st century is being marked by a host of large-scale social threats: pandemics, natural catastr...
The concept of risk is becoming an established focus of rhetorical scholars and critics. As was rece...
With reference to the 'theoretical crisis' of those media researchers who have come to the conclusio...
This article provides an introduction to, and some motivation for, the themes addressed in the follo...
Behavioural reactions to potential hazards are likely to be determined by psychologically derived fa...
Paper presented at the 1st International Symposium on Understanding Health Benefits and Risks: Empow...
Chances are, if you asked a group of health physicists to defi ne risk communication, you would get ...
The use of risk communication as a policy tool has become increasingly important in areas as diverse...
A discrepancy is observed between the general public's subjective perception 'of environmental hazar...
The authors undertook a study to define the messages that exist in 2 communities of risk (e.g., high...
Which risks attract mass media attention? When and why do particular threats become headline news? U...
The behavior of a heterogeneous population of individuals during an emergency, such as epidemics, na...
Differences in risk perception between a professional assessing a risk and a concerned community aff...
Building on the theoretical arguments of the impersonal-impact and differential-impact hypotheses, t...