Risk, Media and Stigma

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

• ISBN13: 9781853837005
• ISBN10: 1853837008
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vi
List of Figures	viii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction
Technological Stigma	3	(6)
Robin Gregory
James Flynn
Paul Slovic
Stigma and the Social Amplification of Risk: Toward a Framework of Analysis	9	(22)
Roger Kasperson
Nayna Jhaveri
Jeanne X. Kasperson
Contamination Stigma
Technological Stigma: Some Perspectives from the Study of Contagion	31	(10)
Paul Rozin
Crying over Spoiled Milk: Contamination, Consumer Expectations, and Environmental Stigma	41	(28)
Michael Edelstein
Risk Lived, Stigma Experienced: Reflections on the Limits of Adaptations	69	(18)
Theresa Satterfield
Nuclear Stigma
Perceived Risk, Stigma, and Potential Economic Impacts of a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada	87	(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