Break it to me harshly: The effects of intersecting news frames in lung cancer and obesity coverage

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-188

  Major, Lesa Hatley ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LUNG TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67549128079     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802659939     Document Type: Article

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