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Public Attention to Risks, Hazards, and Disasters: A Retrospective Review and Proposed Conceptual Model
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2019-03-08 , DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12165
Amber Silver

Although public attention has been identified as an influential variable in the decision‐making process by individuals before, during, and after a disaster, it has received comparatively little consideration within the risk and hazards literatures. This is surprising, as attention is noted for bridging the gap between information and action, and is therefore highly relevant to studies on human behavior during crises. This paper draws on theoretical and empirical insights from research across numerous disciplines in order to flesh out the concept of public attention within the context of risks, hazards, and disasters. Theoretical insights from the literature on the issue attention cycle, agenda‐setting theory, the theory of structuration, and sense‐making theory were used to develop a conceptual model of public attention that is presented here. This model highlights the role of public attention from the moment of initial exposure, through to the iterative process of interpretation, which is intrinsically linked to action. The relationships in the conceptual model are then illustrated using two empirical research projects as examples. This paper concludes by suggesting opportunities for future research that may further improve scholarly understanding of public attention within the context of environmental hazards and other threats.

中文翻译:

公众关注风险,危险和灾难:回顾性回顾和拟议的概念模型

尽管在灾难发生之前,期间和之后,公众的注意力被确定为个人在决策过程中的影响变量,但是在风险和危害文献中,公众关注的程度相对较小。令人惊讶的是,由于人们注意到弥合信息与行动之间的鸿沟,因此与危机期间人类行为的研究高度相关。本文从众多学科的研究中汲取了理论和经验上的见解,以在风险,危害和灾难的背景下充实公众关注的概念。来自文献的关于问题关注周期,议程设置理论,结构化理论和理性决策理论的理论见解被用来建立一个公众关注的概念模型。该模型突出了公众关注的作用,从最初的接触到解释的迭代过程,这与行动有着内在的联系。然后,以两个经验研究项目为例,说明概念模型中的关系。本文最后提出了未来研究的机会,可以在环境危害和其他威胁的背景下进一步提高学术界对公众关注的理解。
更新日期:2019-03-08
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