The social amplification of risk: a conceptual framework.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1988Description: 11p., 2 figs, 1 table, 35 refsSubject: This article sets forth a conceptual framework that seeks to link systematically the technical assessment of risk with psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives of risk perception and risk-related behavior. The main thesis is that hazards interact with psychological, social, institutional, and cultural processes in ways that may amplify or attenuate public responses to the risk or risk event. A structural description of the social amplification of risk is now possible. Amplification occurs at two stages: in the transfer of information about the risk, and in the response mechanisms of society. The amplified risk leads to behavioral responses, which in turn, results in secondary impacts. Models are presented that portray the elements and linkages in the proposed conceptual framework.
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Reprinted from Risk Analysis: An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis; 1988; Vol 8 No 2; pp177-187
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This article sets forth a conceptual framework that seeks to link systematically the technical assessment of risk with psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives of risk perception and risk-related behavior. The main thesis is that hazards interact with psychological, social, institutional, and cultural processes in ways that may amplify or attenuate public responses to the risk or risk event. A structural description of the social amplification of risk is now possible. Amplification occurs at two stages: in the transfer of information about the risk, and in the response mechanisms of society. The amplified risk leads to behavioral responses, which in turn, results in secondary impacts. Models are presented that portray the elements and linkages in the proposed conceptual framework.
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