Technical risk in the mass media / Allan Mazur.

Contributor(s):

Mazur, Allan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [United States : s.n., 1993?]Description: 3 leavesSubject(s):

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302.12 21

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Subject: The burgeoning scholarly literature on risk barely mentions the mass media. However it it seems obvious that news coverage about real or alleged risks raises public concern and encourages government spending on selected hazards while other hazards, perhaps more pressing, are ignored

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Spiral bound

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The burgeoning scholarly literature on risk barely mentions the mass media. However it it seems obvious that news coverage about real or alleged risks raises public concern and encourages government spending on selected hazards while other hazards, perhaps more pressing, are ignored

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