Risk and Everyday Life

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Risk and Everyday Life

Author	: John Tulloch
File Size	: 42,5 Mb
Publisher	: Unknown
Language	: English
Release Date	: 18 May 2024
ISBN	: OCLC:472215208
Pages	: 140 pages

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Risk and Everyday Life by John Tulloch Book PDF Summary

Risk and everyday life examines how people respond to, experience and think about risk as part of their everyday lives. Using empirical research and sociocultural theory, the authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them in their daily activities and social relationships. Tulloch and Lupton emphasis the need to take into account the social and cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyday life. They consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions and experience of risk.

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Risk and Everyday Life by John Tulloch,Deborah Lupton

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