Risk and the media: A comparison of print and televised news stories of a Canadian drinking water risk event

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 775-786

  Driedger, S Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli; Media analysis; Newspaper; Risk; Television; Walkerton

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; MEDIA ANALYSIS; NEWSPAPER; WALKERTON;

BROADCASTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TELEVISION; WATER SUPPLY;

RISK ANALYSIS;

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; ONTARIO; RISK; TELEVISION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447307443     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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