Risk, expert uncertainty, and Australian news media: Public and private faces of expert opinion during the 2009 swine flu pandemic

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 657-671

  Holland, Kate ^a   Blood, R Warwick ^a   Imison, Michelle ^b   Chapman, Simon ^b   Fogarty, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

experts; journalists; news media; pH1N1; risk; risk communication; swine flu

Indexed keywords

EXPERTS; JOURNALISTS; NEWS MEDIA; PH1N1; RISK COMMUNICATION; SWINE FLU;

COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISKS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861546893     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.652651     Document Type: Article

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