Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 889-907

  Fung, Timothy K F ^a   Namkoong, Kang ^b   Brossard, Dominique ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NEWSPAPERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051964012     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.561913     Document Type: Article

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