Paul Slovic: 3 books
The Feeling of Risk
New Perspectives on Risk Perception
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The Feeling of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, to describe the extension of risk perception research into the first decade of this new century. In this collection of important works, Paul Slovic explores the conception of 'risk as feelings'...
by Paul Slovic
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. The Perception of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, risk perception and risk management, to examine the gap between expert views...
Risk, Media and Stigma
Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. Amplified by the pervasive power of the media, public concern about health and ecological risks can have enormous economic...