Pandemic alarm in the Dutch media: Media coverage of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic and the role of the expert sources

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-453

  Vasterman, Peter L M ^a   Ruigrok, Nel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands News Monitor ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A H1N1; content analysis; epidemic; framing; media coverage; media hype; Mexican flu; pandemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881256036     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323113486235     Document Type: Article

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