"We became sceptics": Fear and media hype in general public narrative on the advent of pandemic influenza

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-518

  Davis, Mark ^a   Lohm, Davina ^a   Flowers, Paul ^b   Waller, Emily ^c   Stephenson, Niamh ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84911987919     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soin.12058     Document Type: Article

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