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dc.contributor.authorVölker, Carolin
dc.contributor.authorKramm, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-17T16:56:42Z
dc.date.available2020-02-17T16:56:42Z
dc.date.created2020-01-17T10:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Challenges. 2019, .nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2056-6646
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2642095
dc.description.abstractThe public is concerned about plastic pollution, while clear‐cut scientific evidence for an environmental risk of microplastics is absent. This contrast between incomplete scientific knowledge and public risk perception is an interesting case for investigating how “environmental risk” is transformed in science communication. This study examines how microplastics risks are framed in peer‐reviewed publications and online newspaper articles, respectively. It also analyzes if the contents conveyed by the frames used in science and the media are consistent. The results show that most scientific studies (67%) frame microplastics risks as hypothetical or uncertain, while 24% present them as established. In contrast, most media articles reporting on microplastic impacts (93%) imply that risks of microplastics exist and harmful consequences are highly probable. The creation of simple narratives (journalists) and the emphasis on potentially negative impacts (scientists) contribute to this inconsistency. The transformation of an uncertain risk into an actual risk is further caused by two inconsistent risk conceptions, namely risk being the probability of a negative outcome (environmental scientists) or being the uncertainty of a negative outcome itself (public). Although the latter differs from the risks identified “objectively” by scientific methods, it allows understanding the risk perception of the public and decision‐makers.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherWileynb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleOn the creation of risk: Framing of microplastics risks in science and medianb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber12nb_NO
dc.source.journalGlobal Challengesnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gch2.201900010
dc.identifier.cristin1775544
dc.description.localcode© 2019 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and repro-duction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,66,10,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for biologi
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