Credibility, information preferences, and information interests
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Credibility, information preferences, and information interests. / Jungermann, Helmut; Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger; Fischer, Katrin.
In: Risk Analysis, Vol. 16, No. 2, 01.04.1996, p. 251-261.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Credibility, information preferences, and information interests
AU - Jungermann, Helmut
AU - Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger
AU - Fischer, Katrin
PY - 1996/4/1
Y1 - 1996/4/1
N2 - The Seveso Directive of the European Union demands that information be provided to the public by companies and authorities about facts, risks, and behaviors related to hazardous facilities, in particular chemical facilities. On behalf of the Commission of the European Communities, a survey was run in five European countries on the credibility of various information sources. This article describes the results of the German study. 430 persons were interviewed with a questionnaire of 50 items, in particular about their perceptions and evaluations of technical risks, the credibility of sources of information about chemical risks, their preferences for receiving risk information from these sources, and their interests in receiving information. Major findings are great differences in credibility, differentiated information preferences, and strong information interests. Surprisingly, credibility played only a minor role with regard to the respondents’information preferences and interests.
AB - The Seveso Directive of the European Union demands that information be provided to the public by companies and authorities about facts, risks, and behaviors related to hazardous facilities, in particular chemical facilities. On behalf of the Commission of the European Communities, a survey was run in five European countries on the credibility of various information sources. This article describes the results of the German study. 430 persons were interviewed with a questionnaire of 50 items, in particular about their perceptions and evaluations of technical risks, the credibility of sources of information about chemical risks, their preferences for receiving risk information from these sources, and their interests in receiving information. Major findings are great differences in credibility, differentiated information preferences, and strong information interests. Surprisingly, credibility played only a minor role with regard to the respondents’information preferences and interests.
KW - Business psychology
U2 - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01455.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01455.x
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 16
SP - 251
EP - 261
JO - Risk Analysis
JF - Risk Analysis
SN - 0272-4332
IS - 2
ER -