Overcoming Theoretical Divisions in Risk Analysis: Expanding the Idea of Integration in the Social Amplification of Risk Framework

Author(s):  
Ruben Langer ◽  
Anne-Kathrin Fischer ◽  
Bjjrn Fischbach ◽  
Achim Goerres
Author(s):  
Laura Carper

The current study applies the social amplification risk framework to the anti-vaccination movement, specifically to the social factors that influence the likelihood to vaccinate. A total of 264 participants were recruited using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk engine and students from a large southern university. Participants responded to questions about their personal, friend, and family experiences with vaccines, their discussion about vaccines, and trust in vaccine literature (CDC, Facebook, family, etc.). Lastly, participants responded to a modified Duke’s social support scale. Results indicated that the likelihood to vaccinate is impacted by several social factors and that those factors can be amplified based on the experiences of others. The results support using the social amplification of risk on individual perceptions of risk.


Author(s):  
Andrew Whitmore ◽  
Namjoo Choi

Perceived risk has been identified by the literature as a limiting factor in e-government adoption and success. However, there has been little effort spent examining how and why perceived risk comes to differ from actual probabilistic risk and the means by which the gap can be reduced. These questions were examined by applying the Social Amplification of Risk Framework to the case of e-government in the United States. Several factors that are known to exacerbate perceived risk were identified from the literature and shown to be in place in the United States. The presence of these factors suggests that more effective risk communication is required in order to realign perceived risk with probabilistic risk. Recommendations on how to improve e-government risk communication through technical and human means are provided.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fellenor ◽  
Julie Barnett ◽  
Clive Potter ◽  
Julie Urquhart ◽  
J. D. Mumford ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1459-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fellenor ◽  
Julie Barnett ◽  
Clive Potter ◽  
Julie Urquhart ◽  
John D. Mumford ◽  
...  

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