Avian flu: The creation of expectations in the interplay between science and the media

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-65

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Halliday, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Metaphors; Pragmatics; Sociology of expectations; Sociology of fear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; SCIENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MASS MEDIA; METAPHOR; SCIENCE;

EID: 33846939815     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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