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The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Culture presents a critical discussion of the main theories of risk from Ulrich Becks foundational work to that of his contemporaries such as Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash and assesses the extent to which risk has impacted on modern societies. In this discussion van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through substantive chapters on

Risk --- Risk perception. --- Technology --- Culture. --- Awareness, Risk --- Risk awareness --- Perception --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Sociology --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Social aspects --- Sociological theories

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The management of and communication about risks has become a major question of public policy and intellectual debate in the modern world. The social amplification of risk framework describes how both social and individual factors act to amplify or dampen perceptions of risk and through this create secondary effects such as stigmatisation of technologies, economic losses or regulatory impacts. This volume, edited by three of the world's leading analysts of risk and its communication, brings together contributions from a group of international experts working in the field of risk perception and risk communication. Key conceptual issues are discussed as well as a range of recent case studies (spanning BSE and food safety, AIDS/HIV, nuclear power, child protection, Y2K, electromagnetic fields, and waste incineration) that take forward the state-of-the-art in risk amplification theory. The volume also draws attention to lessons for public policy, risk management and risk communication practice.

Mass communications --- Organization theory --- Affective and dynamic functions --- Social psychology --- Risk perception. --- Risk --- Public opinion. --- Sociological aspects. --- Public opinion --- Risk perception --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Sociology --- Awareness, Risk --- Risk awareness --- Perception --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Sociological aspects --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology --- Risk - Sociological aspects. --- PERCEPTION DU RISQUE --- EVALUATION DU RISQUE --- Risques --- PSYCHOLOGIE SOCIALE --- aspects sociaux

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Social policy --- Affective and dynamic functions --- Philosophical anthropology --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Risk assessment. --- Risk perception. --- Risk --- Sociological aspects. --- Risk assessment --- Risk perception --- #PBIB:2001.2 --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Awareness, Risk --- Risk awareness --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Sociological aspects --- Sociology --- Perception --- Evaluation --- arbeid, veiligheid --- preventie --- radioactiviteit --- risk management --- #SBIB:35H410 --- Beleidscyclus: algemene werken --- Sociology. --- RISKS --- Risk management. --- Insurance --- Management --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Monograph

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Mass communications --- Organization theory --- Affective and dynamic functions --- Social psychology --- Risk --- Risk perception. --- Risk management. --- Industrial safety. --- Environmental risk assessment. --- Sociological aspects. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 305.6 --- milieuproblematiek --- risk management --- Risicotheorie, speltheorie. Risicokapitaal. Beslissingsmodellen. --- Monograph --- Environmental risk assessment --- Industrial safety --- Risk management --- Risk perception --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Sociology --- Awareness, Risk --- Risk awareness --- Perception --- Insurance --- Management --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Risk assessment --- Precautionary principle --- Sociological aspects --- Risicotheorie, speltheorie. Risicokapitaal. Beslissingsmodellen --- Prevention

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"Most of us know someone who has inadvertently revealed something shameful or embarrassing online about themselves or someone else. With the growth of social media like Facebook and Twitter, we are heading towards a radically open society. In exploring this phenomenon, David R. Brake first provides an overview of the harms that can be posed by unwary social media use - not just for children but for all of us, young or old. He then draws on in-depth interviews, a range of related theories of human behaviour and a wealth of other studies to analyse why this happens. He explains in detail the social, technological and commercial influences and pressures that keep us posting what we should not and stop us fully appreciating the risks when we do so. This is an invaluable book for students, parents, policy-makers and any social media user. "--

Sociology of culture --- Mass communications --- Online social networks --- Self-disclosure --- Privacy --- Risk perception --- Computer crimes --- Interpersonal communication --- Social media --- #SBIB:309H103 --- #SBIB:309H1015 --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- Interpersonal relations --- Computers and crime --- Cyber crimes --- Cybercrimes --- Electronic crimes (Computer crimes) --- Internet crimes --- Crime --- Privacy, Right of --- Awareness, Risk --- Risk awareness --- Perception --- Social psychology --- Secrecy --- Solitude --- Disclosure of self --- Revelation of self --- Self-disclosing behavior --- Self-revelation --- Extraversion --- Electronic social networks --- Social networking Web sites --- Virtual communities --- Social networks --- Sociotechnical systems --- Web sites --- Psychological aspects --- Mediatechnologie / ICT / digitale media: sociale en culturele aspecten --- Media: politieke, juridische, ethische, ideologische aspecten (incl. privacy) --- Communities, Online (Online social networks) --- Communities, Virtual (Online social networks) --- Online communities (Online social networks)