Media, Risk, and Absence of Blame for "Acts of God": Attenuation of the European Volcanic Ash Cloud of 2010

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1693-1702

  Burgess, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplification; Ash cloud; Blame; Media

Indexed keywords

ASH CLOUDS; BLAME; DEEPWATER; MEDIA; MEDIA COVERAGE; NATURAL HAZARD; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS;

AMPLIFICATION; HAZARDS;

VOLCANOES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEDIA INDUSTRY; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EUROPE;

EID: 84866981970     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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