MYTHS OF NATURE - CULTURE AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RISK
MYTHS OF NATURE - CULTURE AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RISK
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01943.x
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发表时间：
1992-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
DAKE, K
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作者：
DAKE, K
西方文化正在进行一场极具争议的辩论，涉及对环境和公共健康与安全风险的识别、评估和管理。每天都有人声称我们消费的食物、空气和水，我们使用的化学品、能源和物质，以及支持我们的产品、工艺和人工制品存在新的危险，这加剧了公众对环境和健康危害的担忧。大多数关于风险的认知和沟通的研究都集中在可能的危害上，在很大程度上忽视了危害的形成和辩论的文化背景，以及风险承担和风险认知的发生。本文认为，虽然个人感知风险和关注，这是文化，提供了社会构建的神话的自然信仰系统，重塑和内化的人，成为他们的世界观的一部分，并影响他们对自然现象的解释。
Western cultures are engaged in a highly contentious debate involving the identification, assessment, and management of risks to the environment and to public health and safety. Daily claims of new dangers in the food, air, and water we consume, the chemicals, energy, and substances we use, and the products, processes, and artifacts that support us are exacerbating public fears regarding environmental and health hazards. Most research on the perception and communication of risk has focused on possible harms, largely ignoring the cultural contexts in which hazards are framed and debated, and in which risk taking and risk perception occur. This article argues that, while individuals perceive risks and have concerns, it is culture that provides socially constructed myths about nature-systems of belief that are reshaped and internalized by persons, becoming part of their worldview and influencing their interpretation of natural phenomena.