The Social Amplification of Risk

该项目的总体目的是开发和测试一种新的 将心理学、社会学和技术学联系起来的方法 风险评估方面。 这项研究将审查各种程序， 通过这种方式，灾害与社会和文化因素相互作用， 放大或减弱公众对风险的反应。 具体 该项目的目标是（1）将不同的社会 将风险事件的反应转化为连贯的风险理论 放大，以及（2）检查风险放大的模式 在各种各样的危险和事件情景中， 详细审查案例研究。 尽管风险综合方法的重要性 评估，很少有研究针对开发一个 考虑到更广泛的社会问题的系统方法 以及风险事件的文化影响。 这一创新 该项目将为此建立理论基础 整合并使用案例研究验证方法。 是 预计研究结果将有助于 更好地理解为什么一些风险事件 放大和其他没有，并提供风险分析和决策 更全面的基础来解决困难 风险问题。

The overall purpose of this project is to develop and test a new approach that links psychological, sociological, and technical aspects of risk assessment. The study will examine processes through which hazards interact with social and cultural factors to amplify or attenuate public responses to risk. The specific objectives of the project are (1) to integrate different social responses to risk events into a coherent theory of risk amplification, and (2) to examine patterns of risk amplification across a diverse set of hazards and event scenarios, based on a detailed review of case studies. Despite the importance of integrative approaches to risk assessment, little research has been directed toward developing a systematic approach that takes into account the broader social and cultural implications of a risk event. This innovative project will both develop a theoretical basis for this integration and validate the approach using case studies. It is expected that the results of the study will contribute to the development of better understanding of why some risk events are amplified and others not, and provide risk analysts and decision makers with a more comprehensive basis for addressing difficult risk problems.