Dynamic social representations of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic: Shifting patterns of sense-making and blame

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1011-1024

  Mayor, Eric ^a   Eicher, Véronique ^b   Bangerter, Adrian ^a   Gilles, Ingrid ^b   Clémence, Alain ^b   Green, Eva G T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2009 H1N1 pandemic virus; emerging infectious diseases; public perception; social representation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886018580     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512443326     Document Type: Article

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