The Effects of News Coverage of Epidemics on Public Support for and Compliance with the CDC- An Experimental Study.
Content analysis identified three dominant themes used by the news media to cover epidemics: the scientific, the pandemic, and the social. This study uses a randomized experimental design to test the effects of common news coverage patterns of epidemics on perceptions of efficacy, certainty, and tru...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Communication Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 547 - 559 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019
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