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Risk and 'the other' /
From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to war, the mass media bring into our lives the awareness of risk. But how do people respond to it? Using a social psychological framework, this book explores the phenomenon of a widespread sense of personal invulnerability when faced with risk: the 'not me&#...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to war, the mass media bring into our lives the awareness of risk. But how do people respond to it? Using a social psychological framework, this book explores the phenomenon of a widespread sense of personal invulnerability when faced with risk: the 'not me' factor. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-160) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511489846 0511489846 0511004710 9780511004711 051115044X 9780511150449 0511048459 9780511048456 051117232X 9780511172328 1107117739 9781107117730 1280420758 9781280420757 0511310188 9780511310188 |