Imperial College London
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Susanne Raum

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Visiting Researcher
 
 
 
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@article{Fellenor:2019:10.1177/0963662518814369,
author = {Fellenor, J and Barnett, J and Potter, C and Urquhart, J and Mumford, JD and Quine, CP and Raum, S},
doi = {10.1177/0963662518814369},
journal = {Public Understanding of Science},
pages = {339--356},
title = {'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},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662518814369},
volume = {28},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - '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 cases of ash dieback disease - a tree health issue which attracted intense media and policy attention in the United Kingdom in 2012. We challenge the view that public attentiveness is necessarily indicative of public concern, or that media attention can be taken as its proxy. Examination of concern at macro and micro levels reveals heterogeneous processes with multiple dimensions. Understanding the nature of public concern is crucial in enabling more effective policy development and operational responses to risk-related issues.
AU  - Fellenor,J
AU  - Barnett,J
AU  - Potter,C
AU  - Urquhart,J
AU  - Mumford,JD
AU  - Quine,CP
AU  - Raum,S
DO  - 10.1177/0963662518814369
EP  - 356
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0963-6625
SP  - 339
TI  - '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
T2  - Public Understanding of Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662518814369
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30547737
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65619
VL  - 28
ER  -
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