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Hazards, Risk And The Press: A Comparative Analysis Of Newspaper Coverage Of Nuclear And Chemical Weapons Sites, Karen Lowrie, Michael Greenberg, Lynn Waishwell Jan 2000

Hazards, Risk And The Press: A Comparative Analysis Of Newspaper Coverage Of Nuclear And Chemical Weapons Sites, Karen Lowrie, Michael Greenberg, Lynn Waishwell

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors present a comparative analysis of newspaper coverage for four hazardous substance containment facilities located in different parts of the country.


Community Structure And Media Risk Coverage, Sharon Dunwoody Jun 1994

Community Structure And Media Risk Coverage, Sharon Dunwoody

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Dunwoody regards media organizations to be community creatures; their accounts to be social constructions; and answers to, "Who's right?" to be relative.


The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman Jun 1994

The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Friedman argues that, for risks to be reported accurately, journalism educators must help their students understand science, numbers and statistics.


Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur Jun 1994

Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Special editor, Professor Mazur introduces and explains the origins of the symposium.


A Case Study Of Health Risk Communication: What The Public Wants And What It Gets, Jeannette M. Trauth Jan 1994

A Case Study Of Health Risk Communication: What The Public Wants And What It Gets, Jeannette M. Trauth

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Trauth presents a content analysis of 40 years of coverage of a major local source of air pollution by a Pittsburgh newspaper. She also summarizes the results of a survey conducted to determine the extent to which citizens of most likely affected communities, e.g., understand health risks and desire further information.


Review Of: Eleanor Singer & Phyllis M. Endreny, Reporting On Risk, Mladen Singer Jan 1994

Review Of: Eleanor Singer & Phyllis M. Endreny, Reporting On Risk, Mladen Singer

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: Eleanor Singer & Phyllis M. Endreny, Reporting on Risk (Russell Sage Foundation 1993). Acknowledgments, index, notes, preface, references, tables. LC 92-40130; ISBN 0-87154-801-1. [256 pp. Cloth $24.95. 112 East 64th Street, New York NY 10021.]


Book Review, Eugene Shkurko Mar 1992

Book Review, Eugene Shkurko

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the following book: STEPHEN KLAIDMAN, HEALTH IN THE HEADLINES: THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES. (Oxford University Press 1991) [249 ,pp.] Bibliographical references, index. LC: 90-19297; ISBN 0-19-505298-6. [Cloth $24.95. 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016.]