Rumor-Related and Exclusive Behavior Coverage in Internet News Reports Following the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Outbreak in Japan

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 459-463

  Shigemura, Jun ^a   Harada, Nahoko ^a,b   Tanichi, Masaaki ^c   Nagamine, Masanori ^a   Shimizu, Kunio ^a   Katsuda, Yoshiaki ^d   Tokuno, Shinichi ^a   Tsumatori, Gentaro ^a   Yoshino, Aihide ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kansai University   (Japan)

Author keywords

pandemic; public behavior; risk communication; rumor; stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK;

EID: 84937565138     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.57     Document Type: Article

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