The mass media and judgments of risk: Distinguishing impact on personal and societal level judgments.

1984-01-01articleJournal of Personality and Social Psychology420 citationsclosed

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Risk Perception and Management Climate Change Communication and Perception Media Influence and Health

Abstract

Trois etudes mettent a l'epreuve l'hypothese de l'impact impersonnel (limitation de l'influence des mass media sur les jugements lies au risque lorsqu'ils sont emis au niveau de la societe) aupres de plusieurs centaines de sujet devant repondre au niveau de la societe et au niveau personnel a un questionnaire portant sur les risques exposes dans une sequence televisee

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