Threat, efficacy, and uncertainty in the first 5 months of national print and electronic news coverage of the H1N1 virus

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-355

  Goodall, Catherine ^a   Sabo, Jason ^a   Cline, Rebecca ^a   Egbert, Nichole ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEAR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEAR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84859169392     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.626499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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