Mass media health information: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of daily press coverage and its relation with public perceptions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-478

  Carducci, Annalaura ^a   Alfani, Simona ^a   Sassi, Manuela ^b   Cinini, Alessandra ^b   Calamusa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Food safety; Mass media; Population survey; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BRUCELLOSIS; DATA BASE; FOOD SAFETY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LISTERIOSIS; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SERVICES; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEWSPAPERS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK;

EID: 79951953550     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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