Framing risk: Communication messages in the Australian and Swedish print media surrounding the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 860-865

  Sandell, Tiffany ^a   Sebar, Bernadette ^a   Harris, Neil ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; framing; H1N1; health behaviour; media; pandemic planning; risk perception; Sweden

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAMING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC PLANNING; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; FRAMING; H1N1; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; MEDIA; PANDEMIC PLANNING; RISK PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS MEDIA; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84888152745     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813498158     Document Type: Article

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