Effects of Social Influence and Measured Exposure Level on Response to Radon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10563827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Mazur (0000-0003-0230-2195, Syracuse University, corresponding author), Glenn S Hall (State University of New York at Oswego) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 274-284 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1990.tb00145.x |
| OpenAlex | W2144490487 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
The eclectic theoretical model presented indicates that responses to hazards are affected by friends, the mass media, and by the measured level of exposure to the hazard. This model guides the analysis of survey data garnered from a New York State county whose residents were offered free tests to determine the level of radon in their homes. Results indicate that measured radon level is consistently correlated with specific responses to a direct threat of radon on one's home, whereas the influence of family or the mass media have little effect. The situation is reversed when radon is regarded as a diffuse hazard without specific reference to the respondent's own home
Advertising · Business · Econometrics · Environmental hazard · Environmental health · Geography · Hazard · Hazard model · Health hazard · Mass media · Nuclear physics · Physics · Political science · Radon · Radon exposure · Respondent · Sociology · Chemistry · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Radioactivity and Radon Measurements · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2024 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |