| Description |
vi, 481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Technology, risk, and society ; v. 4 |
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Technology, risk, and society ; v. 4
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| Contents |
16. Risk communication in emergencies / John Sorensen and Dennis Mileti -- 17. Risk communication: the need for a broader perspective / Jose van Eijndhoven -- 18. Small group studies of regulatory decision making for power-frequency electic and magnetic fields / Gordon Hester, M. Granger Morgan, Indira Nair and Keith Florig -- 19. Strategies of risk communication: observations from two participatory experiments / Orwin Renn |
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7. Prior knowledge and risk communication: the case of nuclear radiation and X-rays / Gideon Keren and Harrie Eijkelhof -- 8. The role of the media in risk communication / Judith Lichtenberg and Douglas MacLean -- 9. Credibility and trust in risk communication / Ortwin Renn and Debra Levine -- 10. How people might process medical information: a 'mental model' perspective on the use of package inserts / Helmut Jungermann, Holger Schutz and Manfred Thuring -- 11. Communicating about pesticides in drinking water / David B. McCallum and Laurel Anderson -- 12. The time dimension in perception and communication of risk / Ola Svenson -- 13. Risk communication and the social amplification of risk / Ortwin Renn. Part III: New approaches and methods. 14. Hazard images, evaluations and political action: the case of toxic waste incineration / George Cvetkovich and Timothy C. Earle -- 15. The danger culture of industrial society / Arie Rip -- |
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Introduction. Risk communication: the evolution of attempts / Roger E. Kasperson and Pieter Jan M. Stallen. Part 1: Risk communication practices. 1. Risk communication in Europe: ways of implementing art. 8 of the post-Sevesco directive / Brian Wynne and Jose van Eijndhoven -- 2. Active and passive provision of risk information in the Netherlands / Jose van Eijndhoven and Cor Worrell -- 3. Developing communications about risks of major industrial accidents in the Netherlands / Pieter Jan M. Stallen -- 4. Rights and duties concerning the availability of environmental risk information to the public / Michael Baram -- 5. Risk comparisons and risk communication: issues and problems in comparing health and envrionmental risks / Vincent T. Covello. Part II: Research perspectives on risk communication practices. 6. Contaminated soil: public reactions, policy decisions and risk communication / Joop van der Pligt and Joop de Boer -- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Risk communication.
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| Author |
Kasperson, Roger E.
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Stallen, P. J. M.
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| LC no. |
89048612 |
| ISBN |
0792306015 |
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