APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Interactive Effect of Subjective and Objective Knowledge in Risk Perception of Emerging Technologies
- Aya Takagi
Yokohama National University - Mia Takeda
Aoyama Gakuin University - Megumi Komori
Shukutoku University
Abstract
This study investigated the interactive effect of knowledge on risk perception of emerging technologies. The results showed that objective knowledge tended to marginally decrease risk perception. Subjective knowledge, however, boosted risk perception when participants distrusted the institution and experts of the emerging technology.
Risk/Resilience