To fear or not to fear? Applying the social amplification of risk framework on two environmental health risks in Singapore

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1487-1501

  Ng, Yu Jie ^a   Yang, Z Janet ^b   Vishwanath, Arun ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

dengue; haze; Social amplification of risk; social media; traditional media

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION USE; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

DENGUE; HAZE; SOCIAL AMPLIFICATION OF RISKS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRADITIONAL MEDIA;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 85020549651     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2017.1313762     Document Type: Article

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