Digital Health Communication and Global Public Influence: A Study of the Ebola Epidemic

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-58

  Roberts, Hal ^a   Seymour, Brittany ^b   Fish, Sands Alden ^a   Robinson, Emily ^c   Zuckerman, Ethan ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028673652     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1209598     Document Type: Article

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