Spiders are able to arouse strong emotional reactions in humans. While spider bites are
statistically rare events, our perception is skewed towards the potential harm spiders can …

The question of whether to cull wild badgers in order to control the spread of bovine TB
(bTB) in UK cattle herds has been deeply contentious for nearly 40 years, and still shows no …

Mass media plays an important role in the construction and circulation of risk perception
associated with animals. Widely feared groups such as spiders frequently end up in the …

On June 7, 2010, UK media outlets reported that 9-month-old twins living in East London
had been rushed to hospital following a “suspected fox attack”: the babies had been …

This special issue on 'Risk and the Media'explores relationships between risk theory in the
social sciences and media studies' analyses of risk. Arguing that attempts to bring these two …

Résumé Alors que l'ordre humain et l'ordre animal ont longtemps été considérés comme
distincts, les connaissances scientifiques et les pratiques sociales actuelles incitent à …

In this article, we examine if and how a particular risk culture emerges as mediated and
mediatised for a number of diverse technological risks. Modern news reporting is …

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a biomedical approach to HIV prevention that is
administered after a potential exposure to the virus. Although it was originally approved in …

In the early 2000s the threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza captured the attention of
the world's media. While China is often considered the epicentre of the panzootic, few …

Romania is the country with the largest population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Europe,
and brown bear events are increasingly coming to the attention of journalists as professional …