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Kasperson
A sociologist and one of the proposers of the social amplification of risk theory, who studied risk perception and social transmission mechanisms.
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Oct 15
The social amplification of risk theory was proposed by sociologist Kasperson and others, holding that the impact of a risk event depends not only on its objective harm but also on how the media, the public, and institutions disseminate and interpret it.
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