propose to conduct a new survey of attitudes toward gun control.They use the cultural theo of risk developed in the 1970s and 1980s to analyze public concern.about dangerous technology.This Commentay offers background on the cultural theoty of risk after a quarter centuy o]" refinement.It also demonstrates some of the difficulties in applying cultural theory of fisk to which Kahan and Bramans work is not immlune.In cri- tique of the Kahan and Bravman article, Professor Donglas focuses on the difficulty of excluding observers' bias firom the construction of a suvey on culture.
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Mary Douglas (2003) studied this question.