Risk Perception and Risk Talk: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Radiation Risk
Risk Perception and Risk Talk: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Radiation Risk
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DOI：
10.1111/risa.12784
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Kashima, Yoshihisa
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作者：
Kusumi, Takashi;Hirayama, Rumi;Kashima, Yoshihisa
个人对风险事件的认知及其人际沟通，或风险谈话，在形成社会对风险事件的反应方面发挥着重要作用。当他们形成自己的风险观点并与他人交谈时，风险信息可以在他们的社会网络中流通，并有助于他们的风险信息环境的建设。在本研究中，以福岛第一核电站的核辐射风险为背景，考察了日本公民的风险认知和风险言论。我们假设并发现，风险信息环境和风险素养(即理解和使用风险信息的能力)相互作用，影响他们的风险感知和风险谈话。特别是，风险素养往往会稳定人们的风险认知和风险沟通。然而，风险感知和沟通之间存在一些细微的差异，这表明进一步研究人际风险沟通的重要性及其在社会对风险事件的反应中的作用。
Individuals' perceptions and their interpersonal communication about a risk event, or risk talk, can play a significant role in the formation of societal responses to the risk event. As they formulate their risk opinions and speak to others, risk information can circulate through their social networks and contribute to the construction of their risk information environment. In the present study, Japanese citizens' risk perception and risk talk were examined in the context of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear radiation risk. We hypothesized and found that the risk information environment and risk literacy (i.e., competencies to understand and use risk information) interact to influence their risk perception and risk talk. In particular, risk literacy tends to stabilize people's risk perceptions and their risk communications. Nevertheless, there were some subtle differences between risk perception and communication, suggesting the importance of further examination of interpersonal risk communication and its role in the societal responses to risk events.