Disease metaphors in new epidemics: The UK media framing of the 2003 SARS epidemic

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2629-2639

  Wallis, Patrick ^a   Nerlich, Brigitte ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemics; Metaphor; SARS; UK

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; MEDIA ROLE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; POLITICS; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16244371331     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.031     Document Type: Article

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