What Are Americans Seeing? Examining the Message Frames of Local Television Health News Stories

Health Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 846-852

  Lee, Hyunmin ^a   Lee, YoungAh ^b   Park, Sun A ^c   Willis, Erin ^d   Cameron, Glen T ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MISSOURI; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887029238     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.743842     Document Type: Article

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