Air bag safety
Media coverage, popular conceptions, and public policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12434811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neal Feigenson (0000-0002-3118-0978, corresponding author), Neal R Feigenson, Daniel S Bailis (0000-0001-7963-4441) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 444-481 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology Public Policy and Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1076-8971 • E-ISSN: 1939-1528 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/1076-8971.7.2.444 |
| OpenAlex | W2013709002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 44 |
Federal regulation of air bags has followed an uncertain course in recent years; air bags have been perceived as a panacea but are now considered potential killers. The authors examine the interplay of media coverage, lay perceptions of risk, and public policy in the context of air bag regulation. They review communications research on media presentations of health and safety risks and the relationship of these findings to social psychological research on the determinants of perceived risk. Two original studies provide corroborating evidence that national print media depict air bags as riskier than warranted by objective data (Study 1) and that measurable indicators of this bias, when systematically manipulated, influence readers' attitudes toward disconnection of air bags as well as damage awards in a hypothetical tort suit against a car manufacturer (Study 2). Implications of media risk communication for safety regulation are discussed
Advertising · Business · Internet privacy · Media coverage · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Risk Perception and Management · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social and Intergroup Psychology
The psychology of attitudes
Design and analysis
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
The Utility of Exemplars in Persuasive Communications
The Influence of Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication on Societal and Personal Risk Judgments
Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems
Exaggerated Versus Representative Exemplification in News Reports
Judgment under Uncertainty
The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
Risk Analysis and the Construction of News
Media Coverage and Public Opinion on Scientific Controversies
“Media Malaise”
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
Facts versus fears
Communicating Risks to the Public
The Construction of Social Judgments
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
Choices, values, and frames
Taking Care
Judgments of relationship satisfaction
The mass media and judgments of risk
Cognition and Communication
Availability
Shaping perceptions to motivate healthy behavior
Media Discourse and the Social Construction of Risk
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |