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

Abstract

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)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan
OSTI Identifier:
4056947
NSA Number:
NSA-33-023870
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Nucl. Mater. Manage., v. 4, no. 3, pp. 607-616
Additional Journal Information:
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
Subject:
N52100* -Nuclear Materials & Waste Management- Accountability & Safeguards; 051402*; *NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIVERSION; *SAFEGUARDS- PUBLIC RELATIONS

Citation Formats

Williams, A, and Williams, J. Mass media differences in ''nuclear news'' reporting: implications for public opinions and acceptable safeguards. United States: N. p., 1975. Web.
Williams, A, & Williams, J. Mass media differences in ''nuclear news'' reporting: implications for public opinions and acceptable safeguards. United States.
Williams, A, and Williams, J. 1975. "Mass media differences in ''nuclear news'' reporting: implications for public opinions and acceptable safeguards". United States.
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abstractNote = {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)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1975},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1975}
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