Shared Vulnerability: The Media and American Perceptions of the Bhopal Disaster

by Lee Wilkins and Lillian C. Black Wilkins

This book chronicles the American media's coverage of the 1984 chemical spill in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath in the US. It explains how the press reported about Bhopal and examines journalism's subsequent influence on public perceptions about technological safety. . . . It is an excellent addition to university collections in science writing, journalism criticism, and mass media research and should be useful to undergraduates at all levels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313252653
• ISBN13: 9780313252655
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"