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'I'd like to report a suspicious looking tree': Public concern, public attention and the nature of reporting about ash dieback in the United Kingdom

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Fellenor J., Barnett J., Potter C., Urquhart J., Mumford J., Quine C., Raum S.
Abstract:
'Public concern', a ubiquitous notion used in descriptive and explanatory modes by policy makers, academics and the media, is often presented as axiomatic. However, the variability with which it is deployed in different contexts, for example, as justification for policy attention or having equivalence with what is considered 'newsworthy', belies this status. This article presents an empirical analysis of emails and phone calls from the UK public to UK government agencies, reporting suspected cas...     »
Keywords:
helplines; public concern; publics; risk; tree health
Journal title:
Public Understanding of Science
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
Vol: 28
Pages contribution:
339-356
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662518814369
E-ISSN:
ISSN: 0963-6625
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