Media and Risk Amplification: Key Issues in Risk Communication

In a society shaped by media, mass media has become a major force in creating and amplifying risks. This book examines the role of mass media in risk communication, how it portrays risks, how risk communication unfolds, and what consequences it produces. It also develops a framework for controlling media-driven risk amplification, encouraging society to reassess mass media and urging it to fulfill its social responsibilities, avoid amplifying risks, and reduce the resulting harm.