Skip to main content
Kent Academic Repository

Mobile phones and service stations: Rumour, risk and precaution

Burgess, Adam (2007) Mobile phones and service stations: Rumour, risk and precaution. Diogenes, 54 (1). pp. 125-139. ISSN 0392-1921. (doi:10.1177/0392192107073435) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:2514)

The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided.
Official URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0392192107073435

Abstract

This paper considers the implications of precautionary restrictions against technologies, in the context of the potential for creating and sustaining rumours. It focuses on the restriction against mobile phone use at petrol stations, based on the rumour that a spark might cause an explosion. Rumours have been substantiated by precautionary usage warnings from mobile phone manufacturers, petrol station usage restrictions, and a general lack of technical understanding. Petrol station employees have themselves spread the rumour about alleged incidents, filling the information gap about the basis for the restriction.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0392192107073435
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Suzanne Duffy
Date Deposited: 31 Mar 2008 13:19 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:41 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2514 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

  • Depositors only (login required):

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.