risk communication

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risk communication

Are we scaring ourselves to death?

how pessimism, paranoia, and a misguided media are leading us toward disaster
1997
Discusses how the media and human psychology have combined to create fear and paranoia in people, and presents the facts about asbestos, drive-by shootings, pesticides, mad cow disease, and other supposed dangers.
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