Understanding newsworthiness of an emerging pandemic: International newspaper coverage of the H1N1 outbreak

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-853

  Smith, Katherine C ^a   Rimal, Rajiv N ^a   Sandberg, Helena ^b   Storey, John D ^a   Lagasse, Lisa ^a   Maulsby, Catherine ^a   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^a   Barnett, Daniel J ^a   Omer, Saad B ^a,c   Links, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; H1N1; International news media; Pandemic influenza; Preparedness communication

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

AGENDA SETTING; H1N1; INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREPAREDNESS COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84882604296     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12073     Document Type: Article

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