Risk communication between experts and the public: perceptions and intentions

Lennart Sjöberg ()
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Lennart Sjöberg: Center for Risk Research, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.hhs.se/CFR/

No 2003:13, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics

Abstract: This paper develops a conceptual and theoretical analysis of risk communication in cases where experts and the public have widely divergent views of the dimensions of a risk. Applications are chosen from among the risk management problems that are inherent to handling of spent nuclear fuel. One stresses the fact that the conflicting points of views have very different bases. The role of trust is analyzed and, as it is a crucial issue, it becomes much more encompassing than what has usually been assumed. The reasons for this difference can be found in risk perception models applied to survey data concerning risk perception and related attitudes.

Keywords: risk perception; siting; nuclear waste; spent nuclear fuel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2003-11
Note: English version (revised) of the following publication: Sjöberg, L. (2002). Communication du risque entre les experts et le public: intentions et perceptions. Questions de Communication(2), 19-35.
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Published in Organicom: Revista Brasileira de Comunicação Organizacional e Relações Públicas, 2007, pages 66-85.

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