McCallum, David B. (author) and Anderson, Laurel (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18301
Notes:
Pages 237-262 in Roger E. Kasperson and Pieter Jan M. Stallen (eds.), Communicating risks to the public: international perspectives. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 481 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30305
Notes:
Speaker's edited draft., Presented at "Man and his changing environment," Regional Conclave of Alpha Zeta, Madison, Wisconsin, February 14, 1970. 6 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29761
Notes:
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.
Authors follow the notion that ignorance is not simply the absence of knowledge, but rather has its own configurations. They use examples to illustrate how interest groups and news media "appropriate and emphasize those ignorance claims that advance and protect their own particular concerns." Examples include Alar pesticide and tobacco.
