Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution
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ISBN-13:
9780521817592
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.02.2015
Seiten:
312
Autor:
Adam Burgess
Gewicht:
661 g
Format:
235x157x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Adam Burgess' study is the first account of the health panic surrounding cellular phones that developed in the mid 1990s. Explaining that the related health anxieties had little substantial basis, Burgess traces the origins of the panic and how and why it grew so significantly in some societies, but not in others. The book also outlines a history and sociology of the cell phone, and compares popular reactions to other technologies, such as x-rays and radar.
This book is the first account of the health panic surrounding cellular phones that developed in the mid-1990s. The book looks at the creation of the 'story' and how and why it became prominent in some societies but not in others.
1. Introductory chapter: themes, influences; phones and risk; 2. The mobile 'revolution'; 3. Mobile discontents and the origins of microwave fears; 4. Radiating uncertainty; 5. Diffusing anxiety: international dissemination and national responses to mobile fears; 6. The culture of precaution; 7. Problems of precaution and responsibility.