Television news' coverage of motor-vehicle crashes

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Beullens, Kathleen ^a   Roe, Keith ^a   Van den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Crash; News; Risk taking; Traffic

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRASH; NEWS; RISK TAKING; TRAFFIC;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR VEHICLE; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BELGIUM; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MOTOR VEHICLES; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION;

EID: 55849144724     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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