Controversy and Protest around Mobile Phone Base Stations in France

Danielle Salomon (1) , Michel Devigne (1) , Olivier Borraz (1)

1 CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS)

In France, since 2000, mobile phone base stations - including all types of antenna masts - have become a subject of controversy at the national level and of protest at the local level. Controversy and protest reached a high point in 2002-03, and seem to have partially quieted down since. [First paragraph]

Keywords: mobile phones; risk; radiofrequency; controversy

Domains: Sociology; Political science

Danielle Salomon, Michel Devigne, Olivier Borraz. Controversy and Protest around Mobile Phone Base Stations in France. Carlos del Pozo; Demosthenes Papameletiou; Paolo Ravazzani; Peter Wiedemann. Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Tools, Experiences and Strategies in Electromagnetic Fields Exposure, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, pp.94 - 106, 2006, 9788880800651. ⟨hal-02441119⟩