Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19692
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Pages 269-279 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Describes the experiences of Dow Chemical Company in a "20-year struggle with public controversy" involving the chemicals it marketed and public fears associated with them. Includes experiences with 2,4,5-T herbicide for crops.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21598
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Pages 99-134 in Susan L. Senecah (ed.), The Environmental Communication Yearbook. Volume 1. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey. 267 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29761
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Pages 109-114 in Thomas R. Dunlap (Ed.), DDT, Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism: classic texts. University of Washington Press, Seattle. 152 pages.
Slovic, Paul (author) and Kunreuther, Howard (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19694
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Pages 331-352 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Authors describe four strategies for coping with stigma. Examples of stigma include the Alar scare of 1989: "media-amplified stigmatization" of apples after CBS ran a news story on "60 Minutes" stating that the chemical Alar could cause cancer.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36166
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Pages 54-64 in W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Halladay (eds.), The handbook of crisis communication. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K. 737 pages., Includes analysis of the Alar scare that created severe financial losses for apple growers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19695
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Pages 353-368 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Discussion about "stigma" includes reference to consumer reactions in the Alar Scare of 1989 that involved a program on CBS "60 Minutes" indicating that Alar chemical used in apple production can cause cancer.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19691
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Pages 257-267 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages.
