In:
Perceptual and Motor Skills, SAGE Publications, Vol. 88, No. 3 ( 1999-06), p. 1009-1018
Abstract:
Previous research has shown that the common understanding of risk may be expressed by factor-analytic models that represent how fatal are risks and how voluntarily one assumes such threats. We investigated whether a similar representation would model Japanese participants' risk perception. Moreover, because Japanese newscasts concentrated their coverage exclusively on dioxin during the period of this research, we expected that those who were exposed to such newscasts would more frequently develop greater environmental awareness. We also examined whether this “news-exposed group's” knowledge about dioxin was consistent with the known facts regarding dioxin. Analysis showed that the two factors adequately modeled the Japanese sample's risk representation ( N = 473) and chat the news-exposed group ( n=188) did exhibit higher environmental awareness. Implications for risk research are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0031-5125
,
1558-688X
DOI:
10.2466/pms.1999.88.3.1009
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1999
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2066876-4
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
7,11
SSG:
31
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