Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity

Boyd, William

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“…Human beings have two fundamental ways of comprehending risks: risk as analysis and risk as feeling [ 11 ]. In modern risk society [ 12 ], the concept of risk is seen as a consequence of modern development [ 13 ] with cultural variations [ 14 , 15 ]. Due to social amplification effects, risks can be amplified in the mass communication process, and influence individuals’ perceptions and decision-making [ 16 ].…”

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Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors

Sun

Han

2018

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This study differentiates the risk perception and influencing factors of climate change along the dimensions of global severity and personal threat. Using the 2013 Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSGS) data (N = 2001) as a representative sample of adults from Taiwan, we investigated the influencing factors of the risk perceptions of climate change in these two dimensions (global severity and personal threat). Logistic regression models were used to examine the correlations of individual factors (gender, age, education, climate-related disaster experience and risk awareness, marital status, employment status, household income, and perceived social status) and societal factors (religion, organizational embeddedness, and political affiliations) with the above two dimensions. The results demonstrate that climate-related disaster experience has no significant impact on either the perception of global severity or the perception of personal impact. However, climate-related risk awareness (regarding typhoons, in particular) is positively associated with both dimensions of the perceived risks of climate change. With higher education, individuals are more concerned about global severity than personal threat. Regarding societal factors, the supporters of political parties have higher risk perceptions of climate change than people who have no party affiliation. Religious believers have higher risk perceptions of personal threat than non-religious people. This paper ends with a discussion about the effectiveness of efforts to enhance risk perception of climate change with regard to global severity and personal threat.

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Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors

Sun

Han

2018

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“…The results of some studies have shown that social media has significantly influenced impulsive buying (Dzardanova et al, 2018;Khokhar et al, 2019). The development of IT and social media has many positive and negative influences on social life (Boyd et al, 1993;Zhang, 2014)…”

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Locus of control as a mediating variable for the factors influencing consumptive behavior among students

Widiyanto

Lindiyatmi

Yulianto

2022

Innovative Marketing

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The consumptive behavior of students tends to be excessive. Therefore, this study aims to test the impact of financial literacy, peer group, social media usage, and locus of control on students’ consumption behavior. The population consists of 41,061 active S-1 students of Universitas Negeri Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. 5% of 398 samples had an error rate using the Slovin formula. Primary data were collected through surveys employing a 5-point Likert scale. The questionnaire constructed in Google Forms was distributed using WhatsApp group. The data collected were then subjected to validity and reliability tests. Thus, the response variable was consumptive behavior; three predictor variables were financial literacy, peer group, and social media usage; and the mediating variable was locus of control. The results show that financial literacy affects consumptive behavior negatively, with a coefficient of –0.109 and a significance value of 0.041. Peer groups, social media usage, and locus of control had a positive and significant effect on consumptive behavior directly. The coefficients were 0.039, 0.518, and 0.218, with significance values of 0.031, 0.000, and 0.000. Financial literacy and peer groups have a positive and significant effect on the locus of control with coefficients of 0.0638 and 0.251 and significance values of 0.000. In addition, locus of control has been proven as a mediator in the influence of financial literacy and peer groups on consumptive behavior. AcknowledgmentWe acknowledge the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, for publication funding.

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“…YoungCheon et al demonstrated that the safety risk is an antecedent factor for other risk factors [ 17 ]. The concept of risk society was first proposed by Baker, who believed that risk society is an inevitable product of modernization [ 18 ]. The problems encountered by urbanization are focused on the safety risks.…”

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Hierarchical Structure Model of Safety Risk Factors in New Coastal Towns: A Systematic Analysis Using the DEMATEL-ISM-SNA Method

Guan

Dong

Shen

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When a coastal town transforms from a rural area to an emerging city, it faces many safety risks. Some are new risks from urban construction, while some are traditional risks that belong to this coastal area. The joint efforts of these risks may lead to new hazards, harming public health, but this problem has not been noticed in previous studies. Therefore, this study constructs the Triangular Framework for Safety Risk in New Towns to identify the risks and proposes strategies to reduce the risks. In this study, multiple methods are integrated, including Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL), Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), and Social Network Analysis (SNA). This study takes the Lin-gang Special Area in China as a case study to verify the framework’s effectiveness. Sixteen disaster-causing factors are identified, and the internal linkages among these factors are clarified. Results show that the hybrid method performs well in quantitatively analyzing the risk factors of new coastal towns. A typhoon, public risk perception, and population migration are essential influencing factors. Disaster prevention capability of high-rise buildings, disaster prevention capacity of port facilities, and transportation are the most direct influencing factors. Environmental degradation is the most conductive among all elements. This study contributes to the theoretical theory by proposing an effective framework to analyze the safety risks in new coastal towns. In addition, it provides practical references for governments to make emergency plans in the city.

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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity

Cited by 13 publications

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Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors

Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors

Locus of control as a mediating variable for the factors influencing consumptive behavior among students

Hierarchical Structure Model of Safety Risk Factors in New Coastal Towns: A Systematic Analysis Using the DEMATEL-ISM-SNA Method

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