Health on the Web: An examination of health content and mobilising information on local television Websites

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-61

  Tanner, Andrea ^a   Friedman, Daniela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Internet; local television news; mobilising information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS; TELEVISION;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TELEVISION;

EID: 79954499143     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2010.505311     Document Type: Article

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