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Risk Communication Bibliography

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Alhakami, A., & Slovic, P. (1994). A psychological study of the inverse relationship between perceived risk and perceived benefit. Risk Analysis, 14(6), 1085-1096.

Allen, F. W. (1987). Towards a holistic appreciation of risk: The challenge for communicators and policy makers. Science, Technology & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 138-143.

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Baird, B. R. N. (1986). Tolerance for environmental health risks: The influence of knowledge benefits, voluntariness, and environmental attitudes. Risk Analysis 6, 425-435.

Boholm, A. (1998). Visual Images and Risk Messages: Commemorating Chernobyl. Journal of Risk Decision and Policy, 3(2):125-143.

Bord, R. J., & O'Connor, R. E. (1990). Risk communication, knowledge, and attitudes: Explaining reactions to a technology perceived as risky. Risk Analysis, 10, 499-506.

Bord, R. J., & O'Connor, R. E. (1992). Determinants of risk perceptions of a hazardous waste site. Risk Analysis, 12, 411-416.

Bostrom, A., Fischhoff, B., & Morgan, M. G. (1992). Characterizing mental models of hazardous processes: A methodology and an application to radon. Journal of Social Issues, 48 (4), 85-100.(*)

Bradbury, J. A. (1989). The policy implications of differing concepts of risk. Science Technology & Human Values, 14, 380-399.

Burger, J., Sanchez, J., Gibbons, J., & Gochfeld, M. (1997). Risk perception, federal spending, and the savannah river site: Attitudes of hunters and fishermen. Risk Analysis, 17(3), 313-320.

Burns, W., Slovic, P., Kasperson, R., Kasperson, J., Renn, O., & Emani, S. (1993). Incorporating structural models into research on the social amplification of risk: Implications for theory construction and decision making. Risk Analysis, 13(6), 611-623.

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Caspi, A., Begg, D., Dickson, N., Harrington, H., Langley, J., Moffitt, T., & Silva, P. (1997). Personality differences predict health-risk behaviors in young adulthood: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(5), 1052-1063.

Chess, C., Salomone, K., & Hance, B. (1995). Improving risk communication in government: Research priorities. Risk Analysis, 15(2), 127-135.

Chess, C., Saville, A., Tamuz, M., & Greenberg, M. (1992). The organizational links between risk communication and risk management: The case of Sybron Chemicals Inc. Risk Analysis, 12, 431-438.(*)

Chess, C., Tamuz, M., Saville, A., & Greenberg, M. (1992). Reducing uncertainty and increasing credibility: The case of Sybron Chemicals Inc. Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 6, 55-70.(*)

Clarke, L. (1989). Explaining choices about technological risks. Social Problems, 1, 22-35.

Clarke, L. (1992). Context dependency and risk decision making. In J. F. Short, Jr., & L. Clarke (Eds.), Organizations uncertainties and risk (pp. 27-53). Boulder CO: Westview Press.

Cohen, B., & Lee, I. (1979). A catalog of risks. Health Physics, 11, 879-887.

Cole, G. A., & Withey, S. B. (1981). Perspectives on risk perception. Risk Analysis, 1 (No. 2), 143-163.

Coleman, C. L. (1993). The influence of mass media and interpersonal communication on societal and personal risk judgments. Communication Research, 20, 611-628.

Coleman, C., Neuwirth, K., Dunwoody, S., & Griffin, R. (1992, May). The influence of risk message cues on cognitive complexity. 42nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Miami, FL.

Covello, V. T. (1983). The perception of technological risks: A literature review. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 23, 285-297.

Covello, V. T. (1989). Issues and problems in using risk comparisons for communicating right-to-know information on chemical risks. Environmental Science and Technology, 23, 1444-1449.

Covello, V. T. (1991). Risk comparisons and risk communication: Issues and problems in comparing health and environmental risks. In R. E. Kasperson & P. M. Stallen (Eds.), Communicating risk to the public (pp. 79-124). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.

Covello, V. T. (1992). Risk communication: An emerging area of health communication research. In S. A. Deetz (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 15 (pp. 359-373). Newbury Park CA: Sage Publications. (*)

Covello, V. T., von Winterfeldt, D., & Slovic, P. (1986). - Communicating risk information to the public. Risk Abstracts, 3, 1-14.

Covello, V. T., & Mumpower, J. (1985). Risk analysis and risk management: An historical perspective. Risk Analysis, 5, 103-120.

Covello, V. T., Slovic, P., and von Winterfeldt, D. (1986). Risk communication: A review of the literature. Risk Abstracts, 3 (4), 172-182.

Cvetkovich, G., & Earle, T. (1992). Environmental hazards and the public. Journal of Social Issues, 48(4), 1-20.

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Dake, K. (1992). Myths of nature: Culture and the social construction of risk. Journal of Social Issues, 48(4), 21-37.

Dear, M. (1992). Understanding and overcoming the NIMBY syndrome. Journal of the American Planning Association, 58, 288-300. (*)

Diefebach, M., Weinstein, N., & O'Reilly, J. (1993). Scales for assessing perceptions of health hazard susceptibility. Health Education Research, 8(2), 181-192.

Dietz, T., Stern, P. C., & Rycroft, R. W. (1989). Definitions of conflict and the legitimating of resources: The case of environmental risk. Sociological Forum, 4, 47-69.

Douglas, M. (1990). Risk as a forensic resource. Daedalus, 119, 1-16.

Doyle, J. (1997). Judging cummulative risk. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27(6), 500-524.

Dunwoody, S., Neuwirth, K., Griffin, R., & Long, M. (1992). The impact of risk message content and construction on comments about risks embedded in letters to friends. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 11(1 & 2), 9-25.

Dunwoody, S., & Neuwirth, K. (1991). Coming to terms with the impact of communication of scientific and technological risk judgments. In Risky business: Communicating issues of science, risk and public policy (pp. 11-30). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Dunwoody, S., & Peters, H. (1992). Mass media coverage of technological and environmental risks: A survey of research in the United States and Germany. Public Understand. Sci., 1,199-230

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Edwards, W., & von Winterfeldt, D. (1987). Public values in risk debates. Risk Analysis, 7, 141-158.

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Fessenden-Raden, J., Fitchen, J. M., & Heath, J. S. (1987). Providing risk information in communities: Factors influencing what is heard and accepted. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 94-101.

Fietkau, H. J. (1990). Accident prevention and risk communication in environmental protection: A sociopsychological perspective. Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 4, 277-289.

Finkel, A. M. (1996). Comparing Risks Thoughtfully. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 7, 325.

Finucane, M., & Mayberry, M. (1996). Risk perceptions in Australia. Psychological Reports, 79,1331-1338.

Fiorino, D. J. (1989). Technical and democratic values in risk analysis. Risk Analysis, 9, 293-299.

Fiorino, D. J. (1990). Citizen participation and environmental risk: A survey of institutional mechanisms. Science. Technology, & Human Values, 15 (2), 226-243.

Fischhoff, B. (1985). Managing risk perception. Issues in Science and Technology, 2, 83-96.

Fischhoff, B. (1987). Treating the public with risk communication: A public health perspective. Science, Technology & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 13-19.

Fischhoff, B., Slovic, P., & Lichtenstein, S. (1981). Lay foibles and expert fables in judgments about risks. In T. O'Riordan & R. K. Turner (Eds.), Process in resource management and environmental planning (pp. 161-202). New York: Wiley.

Fisher, A. (1991). Risk communication challenges. Risk Analysis, 11, 173-179.

Flynn, J., Slovic, P., & Mertz, C. K. (1993). The Nevada initiative: A risk communication fiasco. Risk Analysis, 13, 497-502.(*)

Freudenberg, W. (1988). Perceived risk, real risk: Social science and the art of probabilistic risk assessment. Science, 242, 44-49.

Freudenberg, W. F., & Pastor, S. K. (1992). Public responses to technological risks: Towards a sociological perspective. Sociological Quarterly, 33, 389-412.

Friedman, S. M. (1994). The Media, Risk Assessment and Numbers: They Don't Add Up. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 5, 203.

Friedman, S., Gorney, C., & Egolf, B. (1987). Reporting on radiation: A content analysis of Chernobyl coverage. Journal of Communication, 37 (3), 58-79.

Fritzsche, A. F. (1996). Comment: The Moral Dilemma in the Social Management of Risks. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 7, 291.

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Gamson, W. A., & Modigliani, A. (1989). Media discourse and public opinion on nuclear power: A constructionist approach. American Journal of Sociology, 95 (1): 1-37.

Gardner, G. T., Tiemann, A. R., Gould, C., DeLuca, D. R., Doob, L. W., & Stolwijk, J. A. J. (1982). Risk and benefit perceptions, acceptability judgments, and self reported actions toward nuclear power. Journal of Social Psychology, 116, 179-197.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F., Benthin, A., & Hessling, R. (1996). A longitudinal study of the reciprocal nature of risk behaviors and cognitions in adolescents: What you do shapes what you think, and vice versa. Health Psychology, 15(5), 344-354.

Gerrard, M., Gibbons, F., & Bushman, B. (1996). Relation between perceived vulnerability to HIV and precautionary sexual behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 119(3), 390-409.

Golding, D., Krimsky, S., & Plough, A. (1992). Evaluating risk communication: Narrative vs. technical presentations of information about radon. Risk Analysis, 12, 27-35.

Grasmick, H., Hagan, J., Blackwell, B., & Arneklev, B. (1996, September). Risk preferences and patriarchy: Extending power-control theory. Social Forces, 75(1), 177-199.

Greenburg, M., Schneider, D. & Parry, J. (1995). Brown Fields, a Regional Incinerator and Resident Perception of Neighborhood Quality. Risk: Health, safety and environment, 6, 241

Gregory, R., & Mendelsohn, R. (1993). Perceived risk, dread, and benefits. Risk Analysis, 13(3), 259-264.

Griffin, R., Dunwoody, S., & Neuwirth, K. (1996, May). A proposed model of the relationship of risk information seeking and processing to the development of preventative behaviors. Annual Convention of the International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

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Harvey, T., Mahaffey, K., Velazquez, S., & Dourson, M. (1995). Holistic risk assessment: An emerging process for environmental decisions. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 22,110-117.

Heath, R. L. (1993). Risk communication: An outreach program in a community at risk. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Convention. (*)

Heath, R., & Gay, C. (1997, February). Risk communication: Involvement, uncertainty, and control's effect on information scanning and monitoring by expert stakeholders. Management Communication Quarterly, 10(3), 342-372.

Heath, R. L, & Nathan, K. (1990-91). Public relations' role in risk communication: Information, rhetoric, and power. Public Relations Quarterly, 35 (4), 15-22.

Heiman, M. (1990). From "not in my backyard!" to "not in anybody's backyard!" Grassroots challenge to hazardous waste facility siting. Journal of the American Planning Association, 56, 359-362.(*)

Heimer, C. A. (1988). Social structure, psychology, and the estimation of risk. Annual Review of Sociology 14, 491-519.

Holtgrave, D., & Weber, E. (1993). Dimensions of risk perception for financial and health risks. Risk Analysis, 13(5), 553-558.

Hornig, S. (1992). Framing risk: Audience and reader factors. Journalism Quarterly, 69, 679-690.

Hornig, S. (1993). Reading risk: Public response to print media accounts of technological risk. Public Understanding of Science, 2, 95-109.(*)

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Ice, R. (1991). Corporate publics and rhetorical strategies: The case of Union Carbide's Bhopal Crisis. Management Communication Quarterly, 4, 341-362.(*)

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Jasanoff, S. (1987). EPA's regulation of daminozide: Unscrambling the messages of risk. Science Technology & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 116-124.

Johnson, B. B. (1987). Accounting for the social context of risk communication. Science and Technology Studies, 5, 103-111.

Johnson, B. B. (1987). Public concerns and the public role in siting nuclear and chemical waste facilities. Environmental Management, 11, 571-586.

Johnson, B. B. (1993). Advancing understanding of knowledge's role in lay risk perception. RISK: Issues in Health & Safety, 4, 189-212.(*)

Johnson, B. B. (1993). Coping with paradoxes of risk communication: observations and suggestions. Risk Analysis 13, 241-243.(*)

Johnson, B. B. (1993). "The mental model" meets "the planning process": Wrestling with risk communication research and practice. Risk Analysis,13, 5-8.

Johnson, B. B., Sandman, P. M., & Miller, P. (1992). Testing the role of technical information in public risk perception. RISK: Issues in Health & Safety, 3, 341-364.(*)

Johnson, F. R., & Fisher, A. (1989). Conventional wisdom on risk communication and evidence from a field experiment. Risk Analysis 9, 209-213.

Johnson, J., & Bruce, A. (1997). A probit model for estimating the effect of complexity on risk taking. Psychological Reports, 80, 763-772.

Jungermann, H., Schutz, H., & Thuring, M. (1988). Mental models in risk assessment: Informing people about drugs. Risk Analysis, 8, 147-155.

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Kadvany, J. (1995). From Comparative Risk to Decision Analysis: Ranking Solutions to Multiple-Value Environmental Problems. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 6, 333.

Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185, 1124-1131.

Kasperson, R. E. (1986). Six propositions on public participation and their relevance for risk communication. Risk Analysis, 6, 275-281.(*)

Kasperson, R. E. (1987). Public perceptions of risk and their implications for risk communication and management. In S. R. McColl (Ed.), Environmental health risks: Assessment and management (pp. 287-296). Waterloo ONT: University of Waterloo Press.

Kasperson, R. E., Renn, O., Slovic, P., Brown, H. S., Emel, J., Goble, R., Kasperson, J. X., & Ratick, S. (1987). The social amplification of risk: A conceptual framework. Risk analysis, 8, 177-187.

Keeney, R., & von Winterfeldt, D. (1986). Improving risk communication. Risk Analysis, 6, 417-424.

Kraft, M. E. (1988). Evaluating technology through public participation: The nuclear waste disposal controversy. In M. E. Kraft & N. J. Vig (Eds.), Technology and Politics (pp. 253-277). Durham NC: Duke University Press.

Krimsky, S. (1986). Research under community standards: Three case studies. Science, Technology & Human Values, 11, 14-33.

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Lave, T. R., & Lave, L. B. (1991). Public perception of the risk of floods: Implications for communication. Risk Analysis, 11, 255-267.

Lichtenstein, S., Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., Layman, M., & Combs, B. (1978). Judged frequency of lethal events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4, 551-578.

Lindell, M. K., & Earle, T. (1983). How close is close enough: Public perceptions of the risks of industrial facilities. Risk Analysis, 3, 245-254.

Li, J. T., & Smith, V. K. (1990). Risk communication and attitude change: Taiwan's national debate over nuclear power. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 3, 331-349.

Lynn, F. M. (1986). The interplay of science and values in assessing and regulating environmental risks. Science Technology & Human Values, 11, 40-50.

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Machlis, G. E., & Rosa, E. A. (1990). Desired risk: Broadening the social amplification of risk framework. Risk Analysis, 10, 161-168.

Mazur, A. (1981). Media coverage and public opinion on scientific controversies. Journal of Communication, 31

Mazur, A. (1984). The journalists and technology: Reporting about Love Canal and Three Mile Island. Minerva, 2, 45-66.

Mazur, A., & Hall, G. S. (1990). Effects of social influence and measured exposure level on response to radon. Sociological Inquiry, 60, 274-284.

McDaniels, T., Axelrod, L., Cavanaugh, N., & Slovic, P. (1997). Perception of ecological risk to water environments. Risk Analysis, 17(3), 341-352.

McDaniels, T., Kamlet, M., & Fischer, G. (1992). Risk perception and the value of safety. Risk Communication, 12(4), 1992.

Merkhofer, I. W. (1987). The use of risk comparison to aid the communication and interpretation of the risk analyses for decision-making. In L. Lave (Ed.), Risk assessment and management (pp. 581-607). New York: Plenum Press.

Morgan, M. G., & Lave, L. (1990). Ethical considerations in risk communication practice and research. Risk Analysts 1o, 355-358.(*)

Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., Bostrom, A., Lave, L., & Altman, C. J. (1992). Communicating risks to the public. Environmental Science & Technology, 26, 2048-2056.(*)

Morgan, M. G., Slovic, P., Nair, I., Geisler, D., MacGregor, D., Fischhoff, B., Lincoln, D., & Florig, K. (1985). Powerline frequency and magnetic fields: A pilot study of risk perception. Risk Analysis

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Nelkin, D. (1989). Communicating technological risk: The social construction of risk perception. American Review of Public Health, 10, 95-113.

Nelkin, D., & Pollak, M. (1979). Public participation in technological decisions: Reality or grand illusion? Technology Review, 9, 55-64.

Neuwirth, K., Dunwoody, S., & Griffin, R. (1996, November). Learning from news stories about risk. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research. Chicago, IL.

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O'Connor, R. E., Bord, R. J. & Fisher A. (1998). The Curious Impact of Knowledge About Climate Change on Risk Perceptions and Willingness to Sacrifice. Journal of Risk Decision and Policy, 3(2):145-155.

O'Riordan, T. (1983). The cognitive and political dimension of risk analysis. Environmental Psychology, 3, 345-354.

Otway, H., & Wynne B. (1989). Risk communication: Paradigm and paradox. Risk Analysis, 9, 141-145.(*)

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Park, E., Scherer, C., & Glynn, C. (1996, August 10-13). Mass media, interpersonal communication, and real life factors in risk perception at personal and societal levels. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Anneheim, CA.

Pilisuk, M., & Acredolo, C. (1988). Fear of technological hazards: One concern or many? Social Behavior, 3, 17

Plough, A., & Krimsky, S. (1987). The emergence of risk communication studies: Social and political context. Science. Technology. & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 4-10.(*)

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Rappaport, R. A. (1988). Toward a postmodern risk analysis. Risk Analysis, 8, 2.

Rayner, S. (1988). Muddling through metaphors toward maturity: A commentary on Kasperson et. al. "the social construction of risk." Risk Analysis, 8, 201-204.

Rayner, S., & Cantor, R. (1987). How fair is safe enough? The cultural approach to societal technology choice. Risk analysis, 7, 3-9.

Rehman-Sutter, C. (1998). Involving Others: Toward an Ethical Concept of Risk. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 9, 119.

Renn, O. (1990). Risk perception and risk management: A review. Risk Abstracts, 7 (1), 1-9.

Renn, O. (1992). Risk communication: Towards a rational discourse with the public. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 29, 465-519.(*)

Rosener, J. B., & Russell, S. C. (1987). Cows, sirens, iodine, and public education about the risks of nuclear power plants. Science Technology, & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 111-115.(*)

Roth, E., Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., Lave, L., & Bostrom, A. (1990). What do we know about making risk comparisons? Risk Analysis, 10, 375-387.

Rowan, K. (1997, November). What risk communicators want to learn from communication scholars. National Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL.

Rowe, W. D. (1994). "Understanding Uncertainty," Risk Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 743-750.

Rubin, D. M. (1987). How the news media reported on Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Journal of Communication, 37 (3), 42-57.

Ruckleshaus, W. D. (1985). Risk, science, and democracy. Issues in Science and Technology, 1 (3), 19-38.

Ruckleshaus, W. D. (1984). Risk in a free society. Risk Analysis, 4 157-162.

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Sandman, P. M. (1987, November). Risk communication: Facing public outrage. EPA Journal, 13, 21-22.(*)

Sandman, P. M., Miller, P. M., Johnson, B. B., & Weinstein, N. D. (1993). Agency communication, community outrage, and perception of risk: Three simulation experiments. Risk Analysis, 13, 585-598.(*)

Sandman, P. M., Weinstein, N. D., & Klotz, M. L. (1987). Public response to the risk from geological radon. Journal of Communication, 37, 93-108.(*)

Schopp, R. (1996, September). Comminicating risk assessments: Accuracy, efficacy, and responsibility. American Psychologist, 51(9), 939-944.

Short, J. F. (1984). The social fabric at risk: Toward the social transformation of risk analysis. American Sociological Review, 49, 711- 725.

Shrader-Frechette, K. Evaluating the Expertise of Experts. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 6, 115.

Short, J. F. (1987). Social dimensions of risk: The need for a sociological paradigm and policy research. The American Sociologist, 12, 167- 172.

Singer, E., & Endremy, P. (1987). Reporting hazards: Their benefits and costs. Communication, 37 (3), 10- 26.

Slovic, P. (1987). Perception of risk. Science, 236, 280-285.

Slovic, P. (1986). Informing and educating the public about risk. Risk Analysis, 6, 403-415.(*)

Slovic, P., & Fischhoff, B. (1982). How safe is safe enough? Determinants of perceived and acceptable risk. In L. Gould & C. Walker, (Eds.), Too hot to handle. New Haven CT: Yale University Press.

Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichenstein, S. (1979). Rating the risks. Environment, 21 (3), 14-20, 36-39.

Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichenstein, S. (1982). Facts versus fears: Understanding perceived risk. In D. Kahneman, P. Slovic, & A. Tversky (Eds.), Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Slovic, P., Kraus, N, and Covello, V. T. (1990). What should we know about making risk comparisons? Risk Analysis, 10, 389-391.

Slovic, P., & Peters, E. (1998). The Importance of Worldviews in Risk Perception. Journal of Risk Decision and Policy, 3(2):165-170.

Stallen, P. J., & Coppock, R. (1987). About risk communication and risky communication. Risk Analysis, 7, 413-414.

Stallen, P. J., & Tomas, A. (1988). Public concern about industrial hazards. Risk Analysis, 8, 237-245.

Stalling, R. A. (1990). Construction of risk. Social Problems, 37, 80-95.

Stalling, R. A. (1994). Hindsight, Organizational Routines and Media Risk Coverage. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 5, 271.

Starr, C. (1987). Risk management, assessment, and acceptability. Risk Analysis, 5, 98+.

Svenson, O., & Fischhoff, B. (1985). Levels of environmental decisions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 5, 5568.

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Tassew, A. (1997). AIDS News as Risk Communication. Risk: health, safety and environment, 8, 79.

Thomas, L. (1986, March). Risk communication: Why we must talk about risk. Environment, 28, 40+.

Thompson, P. & Dean, W. (1996). Competing Conceptions of Risk. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 7, 361.

Trauth, J. M. (1994). A Case Study of Health Risk Communication: What the Public Wants and What it Gets. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 5, 49.

Tuler, S., Machlis, G. & Kasperson, R. (1992). Mountain Goat Removal in Olympic National Park: A Case Study of the Role of Organizational Culture in Individual Risk Decisions and Behavio. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 3, 317.

Tyler, T. R., & Cook, F. L. (1984). The mass media and judgments of risk: Distinguishing impact on personal and societal level judgments. Journal of Personal and Social Psychology, 47, 693-708.

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von Winterfeldt, D., John, R. S., & Borcherding, K. (1981). Cognitive components of risk ratings. Risk Analysis, 1, 277-28.

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Wahlstrom, B. (1994). "Models, Modeling and Modellers: an Application to Risk Analysis," European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 75, No. 3, 477-487.

Weinstein, N. D. (1987). Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems: Conclusions from a community-wide sample. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 10, 481-500.

Weinstein, N., & Diefenbach, M. (1997). Percentage and verbal category measures of risk likelihood. Health Education Research, 12(1), 139-141.

Weinstein, N. D., & Sandman, P. M. (1992). A model of the precaution adoption process: Evidence from home radon testing. Health Psychology 11, 170-180.

Weinstein, N. D., & Sandman, P. M. (1992). Predicting homeowners' mitigation response to radon test data. Journal of Social Issues, 48, 63-83.

Weinstein, N. D., & Sandman, P. M. (1993). Some criteria for evaluating risk messages. Risk Analysis

Wiegman, O., Gutteling, J. M., boer, H., & Houwen, R. J. (1989). Newspaper coverage of hazards and the reactions of readers. Journalism Quarterly, 66, 846-852, 863.

Wigley, D. & Shrader-Frechette. (1996). Environmental Racism and Biased Methods of Risk Assessment. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, 7, 55.

Wildavsky, A., & Dake, K. (1990). Theories of risk perception: Who fears what and why? Daedalus, 119 (4), 41-60.

Wilkins, L., & Patterson, P. (1987). Risk analysis and the construction of news. Journal of Communication, 37 (3), 80-92.

Wilson, R. (1979). Analyzing to daily risks of life. Technology Review, 81, 40-46.

Wilson, R. (1984). Commentary: Risks and their acceptability. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 9 (2), 11-22.

Wilson, R., & Crouch, E. (1987). Risk assessment and comparisons: An introduction. Science, 236, 267-270.

Wynne, B. (1989). Frameworks of rationality in risk management: Towards the testing of naive sociology. In J. Brown (Ed.), Environmental threats: Perception analysis, and management (pp. 33-47). London: Bellhaven.

Wynne, B. (1989). Sheep farming after Chernobyl: A case study in communicating scientific information. Environment, 31, 10-15, 33-40.

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Zeckhauser, R. J., & Vicusi, K. (1990, May). Risk within reason. Science, 248, 559-564.

Zimmerman, R. (1987). A process framework for risk communication. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 12 (3-4), 131-137.

Zimmerman, R. (1987). The government's role as stakeholder in industrial crisis. Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 1 (1) 3545.

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Cothern, C. R. (Ed.) (1996). Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and Ethics. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press Inc/Lewis Publishers.

Covello, V. T., & Allen, F. (1988). Seven cardinal rules of risk communication. Washington DC: Environmental Protection Agency.

Covello, V. T., McCallum, D. B., & Pavlova, M. T. (Eds.) (1989). Effective risk communication: The role and responsibility of government and nongovernment organizations. New York: Plenum Press. (*)

Covello, V. T., Sandman, P. M., & Slovic, P. (1988). Risk communication, risk statistics and risk comparisons: A manual for plant managers. Washington DC: Chemical Manufacturers Association.

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Douglas, M. (1985). Risk acceptability according to the social sciences. New York: Sage.

Douglas, M., & Wildavsky, A. (1982). Risk and culture: An essay on the selections of technological and environmental dangers. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Fischhoff, B., Lichenstein, S., Slovic, P., Derby, S. C., & Keeney, R. (1982). Acceptable risk. Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press.

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Gutteling, J. M. & Wiegman, O. (1996). Exploring risk communication. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Hadden, S. G. (1989). A citizen's right to know: Risk communication and Public policy. Boulder CO: Westview.

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