Informing people about risk
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Date
1980
Authors
Slovic, Paul
Lichtenstein, Sarah
Fischhoff, Baruch
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Abstract
Designers of programs for informing the public about radiation hazards need to consider the difficulties inherent in communicating highly technical information about risk. To be effective, information campaigns must be buttressed by empirical research aimed at determining what people know, what they want to know, and how best to convey that information. Drawing upon studies of risk perception, this paper describes some of the problems that any information program must confront.
Description
26 pages
Keywords
Health risks, Radiation hazards
Citation
Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichtenstein, S. (1980). Informing people about risk. In L. A. Morris, M. B. Mazis, & I. Barofsky (Eds.), Product labeling and health risks (Banbury Report No. 6; pp. 165-181). Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.