Risk and causality in newspaper reporting

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1566-1577

  Boholm, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causality; Framing; Media; Risk

Indexed keywords

CAUSALITY; COMPLEX PICTURES; EMPIRICAL DATA; FRAME ANALYSIS; FRAMING; MEDIA; NEWS MEDIA; NEWSPAPER ARTICLES; RISK ISSUES; RIVER VALLEY; TEXTUAL REPRESENTATION;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; WATER POLLUTION;

NEWSPRINT;

MEDIA INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANDSLIDE; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC; WATER POLLUTION;

DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70350491266     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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