Foodborne microbial risks in the press: The framing of listeriosis in Canadian newspapers

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-286

  Gauthier, Elisabeth ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

foodborne microbes; framing; Listeria; media discourse; probiotics; representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; LISTERIOSIS; PUBLICATION;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LISTERIOSIS; NEWSPAPERS;

EID: 79954494312     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510363379     Document Type: Article

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