Why the transformation of the risk message is a healthy sign: A model of the reception of warning messages

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-294

  Kiisel, Maie ^a   Vihalemm, Triin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

crisis situations; Luhmann; risk; risk communication; sense of risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; ESTONIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NATURAL DISASTER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIETY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84901238135     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2014.914471     Document Type: Article

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