Ann Marie Major
Biographic Data
| ID | 4908636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Marie Major |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Major |
| SIGNATURE | MAJOR A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3780-1066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Environmental Risks in the News
Studies of news media reports of environmental risks generally have observed that environmental news tends to be dramatic and ambiguous with little information that would help the public understand the risks that exist in communities. This analysis was designed to identify differences between environmental news stories that report risks with those that do not. The sample of 841 news stories was drawn from 12,000 stories published between 1 Septem…
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
Optimism, pessimism, and communication behavior in response to an earthquake prediction
This analysis examines the public response to the 1990 Iben Browning earthquake prediction within the framework of social comparisons theory, which provides a context for examining people's beliefs about their own vulnerability compared with their beliefs about the vulnerability of most other people. Social comparisons do influence people's response to threat. Pessimistic respondents believed they were at greater risk than others and were more li…
Pluralistic Ignorance and the Climate of Opinion in a Real-Time Disaster Prediction
This study employed a four-fold typology of opinion groups depicting the relationships between minority–majority status and accurate–inaccurate perception of the climate of opinion about the 1990 prediction of a destructive earthquake for the mid-United States New Madrid Seismic Zone. Data were collected from 629 residents of the area where the earthquake was predicted to occur. Two frameworks were employed to define the climate of opinion to tak…
Pluralistic Ignorance and the Climate of Opinion in a Real-Time Disaster Prediction
This study employed a four-fold typology of opinion groups depicting the relationships between minority–majority status and accurate–inaccurate perception of the climate of opinion about the 1990 prediction of a destructive earthquake for the mid-United States New Madrid Seismic Zone. Data were collected from 629 residents of the area where the earthquake was predicted to occur. Two frameworks were employed to define the climate of opinion to tak…
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
Pluralistic Ignorance and the Climate of Opinion in a Real-Time Disaster Prediction
This study employed a four-fold typology of opinion groups depicting the relationships between minority–majority status and accurate–inaccurate perception of the climate of opinion about the 1990 prediction of a destructive earthquake for the mid-United States New Madrid Seismic Zone. Data were collected from 629 residents of the area where the earthquake was predicted to occur. Two frameworks were employed to define the climate of opinion to tak…
Optimism, pessimism, and communication behavior in response to an earthquake prediction
This analysis examines the public response to the 1990 Iben Browning earthquake prediction within the framework of social comparisons theory, which provides a context for examining people's beliefs about their own vulnerability compared with their beliefs about the vulnerability of most other people. Social comparisons do influence people's response to threat. Pessimistic respondents believed they were at greater risk than others and were more li…
Environmental Risks in the News
Studies of news media reports of environmental risks generally have observed that environmental news tends to be dramatic and ambiguous with little information that would help the public understand the risks that exist in communities. This analysis was designed to identify differences between environmental news stories that report risks with those that do not. The sample of 841 news stories was drawn from 12,000 stories published between 1 Septem…
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
Political science (3 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Risk Perception and Management (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Assertion (1 work)