Risk perception and movies: A study of availability as a factor in risk perception

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-106

  Sjöberg, Lennart ^a,b   Engelberg, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Availability; Movies; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MEDIA EFFECTS; MOVIES; PERCEIVED RISK;

MOTION PICTURES; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

HEURISTICS; MEDIA ROLE; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 73649123899     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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