Does personal relevance moderate communication effects? The example of risk communication about 5G-related electromagnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2025
This cross-sectional study tested whether providing precautionary advice about RF-EMF in the context of 5G changes risk perception and trust in general population samples from Germany and Greece. Precautionary information showed few effects, increasing only one risk perception measure and only in Germany, and the…
Effects of website-based risk communication of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields on general public.
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Jan 1, 2024
This study assessed whether website-based risk communication changes public attitudes and objective knowledge about RF-EMFs using three web surveys over 10 weeks with randomized assignment to control groups at later time points. Four attitude clusters were identified, with the anxious cluster showing reduced…
Does precautionary information about electromagnetic fields trigger nocebo responses? An experimental risk communication study.
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Jan 1, 2018
This experimental study tested whether providing precautionary information about EMF from WLAN devices increases symptom reporting during an alleged exposure situation. In a sham-exposure design (N=137), participants received either basic information about current WLAN exposure limits or additional precautionary…