Mass media differences in ''nuclear news'' reporting: implications for public opinions and acceptable safeguards

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1975 · Nucl. Mater. Manage., v. 4, no. 3, pp. 607-616

OSTI ID:4056947

Williams, A; Williams, J

The technical and political issues of diversion safeguards are at best confusing to the general public, who derive most of their information about nuclear science from the mass media. This investigation compared ''nuclear news'' of all kinds in three national mass media for thirty-three months of 1972- 1974 to examine the quantity and quality of atom-related news they provide. Findings from The New York Times, U. S. News and World Report, and the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news indicate grounds for low public familiarity with essential concepts of safeguards, and consequently, for consumer value conflicts and weak popular supports for safeguards-related policy. (auth)

• Research Organization: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan
• NSA Number: NSA-33-023870
• OSTI ID: 4056947
• Journal Information: Nucl. Mater. Manage., v. 4, no. 3, pp. 607-616, Conference: 16. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Inc., New Orleans, LA, USA, 18 Jun 1975; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N52100* -Nuclear Materials & Waste Management- Accountability & Safeguards
051402*
*NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIVERSION
*SAFEGUARDS- PUBLIC RELATIONS