Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-30

  Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a   Bigman, Cabral A ^b   Gonzales, Amy L ^c   Gollust, Sarah E ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84873840785     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12003     Document Type: Article

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