Reporting on Risk: How the Mass Media Portray Accidents, Diseases, Disasters and Other Hazards

Authors

Eleanor Singer
Phyllis M. Endreny

Abstract

The authors summarize their large survey of hazard stories, showing that characteristics of news media affect risk presentation.

Repository Citation

Eleanor Singer & Phyllis M. Endreny, Reporting on Risk: How the Mass Media Portray Accidents, Diseases, Disasters and Other Hazards, 5 RISK 261 (1994).