1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953314003321

Titolo

Communication Research Measures II : A Sourcebook / edited by Rubin,R,B ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Taylor & Francis Group, 2009

ISBN

1-135-23144-3

1-282-12453-6

9786612124532

0-203-87153-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Collana

Routledge Communication Series

Altri autori (Persone)

RubinRebecca B

Disciplina

302.207/2

Soggetti

Communication - Research

Communication - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 492-493) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Measurement trends and issues -- pt. 2. Measure profiles -- pt. 3. Imported measures.

Sommario/riassunto

Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in newer subdisciplines in communication, including intercultural, family, and health. It also includes measures from outside the communication discipline that have been employed in communication research. The measures profiled here are the best of the best from the early 1990s through today. They are models for future scale development as well



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953658303321

Autore

Douglas Mary

Titolo

Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982

ISBN

9786612355233

9781282355231

1282355236

9780520907393

0520907396

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WildavskyAaron B

DouglasMary

Disciplina

304

Soggetti

Risk management

Risk

Risk - Social aspects

Risk assessment

Environmental impact analysis

Technology - Risk assessment

Teknologi

Risikoledelse

Miljøet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- I. Risks are Hidden -- II. Risks are Selected -- III. Scientists Disagree -- IV. Assessment is Biased -- V. The Center is Complacent -- VI. The Border is Alarmed -- VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- VIII. America Is A Border Country -- IX. The Dialogue is Political -- Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything.



Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.