Risk, Media and Stigma

, by Flynn, James; Slovic, Paul; Kunreuther, Howard

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ISBN: 9781853837005 | 1853837008
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Copyright: 4/1/2001

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Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service. However, from 1973 to 1974, the island was the site of a raging controversy. A major developer, James Rouse, wanted to build a compact waterfront vil

List of Tables

List of Figures

viii

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

xvi

Introduction

Technological Stigma

(6)

Robin Gregory

James Flynn

Paul Slovic

Stigma and the Social Amplification of Risk: Toward a Framework of Analysis

(22)

Roger Kasperson

Nayna Jhaveri

Jeanne X. Kasperson

Contamination Stigma

Technological Stigma: Some Perspectives from the Study of Contagion

(10)

Paul Rozin

Crying over Spoiled Milk: Contamination, Consumer Expectations, and Environmental Stigma

(28)

Michael Edelstein

Risk Lived, Stigma Experienced: Reflections on the Limits of Adaptations

(18)

Theresa Satterfield

Nuclear Stigma

Perceived Risk, Stigma, and Potential Economic Impacts of a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada

(20)

Paul Slovic

M. Layman

N. Kraus

James Flynn

J. Chalmers

G. Gesell

Modeling Stigma: An Empirical Analysis of Nuclear Waste Images of Nevada Modeling Stigma

107

(26)

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith

Fear and Loathing of Las Vegas: Will a Nuclear Waste Repository contaminate the Imagery of Nearby Places?

133

(24)

Doug Easterling

The Effects of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant on Neighboring Property Values

157

(18)

Wayne Hunsperger

Place, Product, and Industry Stigma

Risk, Stigma, and Property Value-What are People Afraid of?

175

(12)

Gregory Adams

Robin Cantor

Environmental Stigma and Equity in Central Cities: The Case of South Phoenix

187

(16)

David Pijawka

Subhrajit Guhathakurta

Sarah Lebiednik

John Blair

Suleiman Ashur

The Impact of External Parties on Brand-Name Capital: The 1982 Tylenol Poisonings and Subsequent Cases

203

(16)

Mark L. Mitchell

Mad Cow Disease and the Stigmatization of British Beef

219

(10)

Douglas Powell

Blood, Risk, and Stigma

229

(12)

Penny Chan

Technological Danger Without Stigma: The Case of Automobile Airbags

241

(16)

John Graham

Dioxins or Chemical Stigmata

257

(12)

William Leiss

An Industry Perspective on Risk and Stigma

269

(14)

Richard Long

Risk, Media, and Stigma

From Vision to Catastrophe: A Risk Event in Search of Images

283

(18)

Celio Ferreira

Asa Boholm

Ragnar Lofstedt

The Nevada Initiative: A Risk Communication Fiasco

301

(8)

James Flynn

Paul Slovic

C.K. Mertz

Risk, Media, and Stigma at Rocky Flats

309

(22)

James Flynn

Ellen Peters

C.K. Mertz

Paul Slovic

Coping with Stigma

Coping with Stigma: Challenges and Opportunities

331

(22)

Howard Kunreuther

Paul Slovic

Defining and Identifying ``Stigma''

353

(8)

Vern Walker

Defining Stigma

361

(8)

Baruch Fischhoff

References

369

(22)

About the Authors

391

(4)

Index

395

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Risk, Media and Stigma

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