The Perception Gap: Recognizing and managing the risks that arise when we get risk wrong

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1222-1225

  Ropeik, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural cognition; Media; Risk; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETY;

MASS MEDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858181906     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.02.015     Document Type: Review

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