Risk, Media and Stigma - Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology (Hardcover)

The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. Amplified by the pervasive power of the media, public concern about health and ecological risks can have enormous economic and social impacts, such as the 'stigmatization' experienced in recent years with nuclear power, British beef and genetically modified plants. This volume presents the most current and comprehensive examination of how and why stigma occurs and what the appropriate responses to it should be to inform the public and reduce undesirable impacts. Each form of stigma is thoroughly explored through a range of case studies. Theoretical contributions look at the roles played by government and business, and the crucial impact of the media in forming public attitudes. Stigma is not always misplaced, and the authors discuss the challenges involved in managing risk and reducing the vulnerability of important products, industries and institutions while providing the public with the relevant information they need about risks.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Earthscan Risk in Society
Release date:	December 2016
Authors:	Paul Slovic
Editors:	James Flynn • Howard Kunreuther
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-15438-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics
LSN:	1-138-15438-5
Barcode:	9781138154384

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