The Effects of Human Interest Framing in Television News Coverage of Medical Advances

Health Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-460

  Hong, Hyehyun ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880926972     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.693013     Document Type: Article

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