Risk is a construct : perceptions of risk perception.

Includes bibliographies

Pamphlet cover title: Risk is a construct

Translation of: Risiko ist ein Konstrukt

Introduction: perspectives on risk perception; Origins of the risk issue; Security: risk perception in the civilization process; Taboo, sin, risk: changes in the social perception of hazards; Risk perception of the individuals; Biological selection of the risk preferences; Characteristics of individual risk perception; Risk perception: the assessment of risks by experts and by lay people - a rational comparison?; Experiences of risks in road traffic situations; Cultural factors in risk perception; Backgrounds to the perception of risks in genetic engineering: concepts of nature and the semantics of risk; The comparative study of risk perception: a beginning; Risk perception, technology acceptance, and institutional culture: case studies of some new definitions; Risk as a social construction: the perception and communications of risk in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic - a comparison between systems; Indicators, sensors and institutions of societal risk perception; Institutionalized risk perception: an economic perspective; Risk management by setting environmental standards; Problems ensuing from risk evaluation; The mass media and risk perception; Risk perception by the public and new concepts for corporate risk communication