From vision to catastrophe: a risk event in search of images
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2001
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois
- Subject Term:
- animal health, coverage, dairy, environment, food safety, image, mass media, media effectiveness, photographs, pollution, reporting, risk communication, visual communication, water quality, diseases, visuals
- Notes:
- Pages 283-299 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 discuss and show examples of images in the media presentation of risk events. Examples include mad cow situations and the experience of dairy producers in dealing with groundwater contamination caused by chemicals.
