Trust, transparency and social context: implications for social amplification of risk

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Frewer, Lynn J. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07370
    Subject Term:
    attitudes, biotechnology, communication theory, consumers, coverage, food, food safety, interest groups, mass media, media, perceptions, public attitudes, reporting, risk assessment, risk communication, social factors, genetic engineering, risk management, diseases, trust, transparency, mad cow disease, genetic modification, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)(Europe), amplification, and attenuation
    Notes:
    Pages 123-137 in Nick Pidgeon, Roger E. Kasperson and Paul Slovic (eds.), The social amplification of risk. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 448 pages.

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