Researchers at Kyoto University Release New Data on Risk Management (Risk Perception and Risk Talk: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear…

Researchers at Kyoto University Release New Data on Risk Management (Risk Perception and Risk Talk: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Radiation Risk)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Fresh data on Risk Management are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Kyoto, Japan, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Individuals' perceptions and their interpersonal communication about a risk event, or risk talk, can play a significant role in the formation of societal responses to the risk event. As they formulate their risk opinions and speak to others, risk information can circulate through their social networks and contribute to the construction of their risk information environment."

Funders for this research include Australian Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Kyoto University, "In the present study, Japanese citizens' risk perception and risk talk were examined in the context of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear radiation risk. We hypothesized and found that the risk information environment and risk literacy (i.e., competencies to understand and use risk information) interact to influence their risk perception and risk talk. In particular, risk literacy tends to stabilize people's risk perceptions and their risk communications."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Nevertheless, there were some subtle differences between risk perception and communication, suggesting the importance of further examination of interpersonal risk communication and its role in the societal responses to risk events."

For more information on this research see: Risk Perception and Risk Talk: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Radiation Risk. Risk Analysis, 2017;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting T. Kusumi, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Additional authors for this research include R. Hirayama and Y. Kashima.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Kyoto, Japan, Risk Management.

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