Knowledge-based representations of risk beliefs.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 16p., 3 figs, 11 tables, 24 refsSubject: Beliefs about risks associated with two risk agents, AIDS and toxic waste, are modelled using knowledge-based methods and elicited from subjects via interactive computer technology. It is found that death and adverse personal emotional responses concerning the consequences are most associated with AIDS. Tozic waste is most associated with environmental problems. The results suggest that "broadly based risk" communication may be ineffective because people differ in their conceptual representation of risk beliefs.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 302.12 TON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005265138 |
Reprinted from Risk Analysis; 1990; Vol 10 No 1; pp169-184
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Beliefs about risks associated with two risk agents, AIDS and toxic waste, are modelled using knowledge-based methods and elicited from subjects via interactive computer technology. It is found that death and adverse personal emotional responses concerning the consequences are most associated with AIDS. Tozic waste is most associated with environmental problems. The results suggest that "broadly based risk" communication may be ineffective because people differ in their conceptual representation of risk beliefs.
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