Cellular phones, public fears, and a culture of precaution

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, Adam, 1962- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press 2004
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introductory chapter: themes, influences phones and risk
  • 2. The mobile 'revolution'
  • 3. Mobile discontents and the origins of microwave fears
  • 4. Radiating uncertainty
  • 5. Diffusing anxiety: international dissemination and national responses to mobile fears
  • 6. The culture of precaution
  • 7. Problems of precaution and responsibility.