PUBLIC RESPONSES AND REFLEXIVITY DURING THE SWINE FLU PANDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA

Journalism Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-538

  Holland, Kate ^a   Blood, R Warwick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

biocommunicability; emerging infectious diseases; journalism; news media; public; reflexivity; risk; swine flu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880286468     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.744552     Document Type: Article

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