Social Amplification of Risk in the Internet Environment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1883-1896

  Chung, Ik Jae ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Internet; Risk communication; Social amplification

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GENERAL PUBLICS; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; INFORMATION SHARING; INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNET ENVIRONMENT; MESSAGE BOARDS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; ONLINE NEWSPAPER; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC CONCERN; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RIPPLE EFFECTS; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK INFORMATION; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOUTH KOREA;

AMPLIFICATION; COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INTERNET; PUBLIC RISKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNNEL;

ARTICLE; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; RAILWAY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; RAILROADS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 81855185570     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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