How Outrage Can be Quantified in Risk Assessment
How Outrage Can be Quantified in Risk Assessment
Author(s): Jerzy M. Wolanin, Paweł Kępka, Oksana TelakSubject(s): Security and defense, Methodology and research technology, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: outrage; state of emotion; perception of risk; risk profile;
Summary/Abstract: In the article the problem how an emotional state influences quantitative risk profile is discussed. Risk as a concept enhances two equivalent dimensions. The first dimension relates to experts’ risk assessment. The second one is related to public risk perception, named outrage. One can understand outrage as the emotional state concerning risk. Five different degrees of hazardous situations are described and public emotional attitude towards them is analyzed by structured interview. A correlation between the emotional attitude and readiness to act is calculated to describe amplification of risk by the emotional state. Then a risk profile is constructed.
Journal: Nowa Polityka Wschodnia
- Issue Year: 36/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 141-160
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
