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Health, risk and news : [the MMR vaccine and the media] /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyce, Tammy, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2007]
Series:Media & culture (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Health in mass media.
Mass media > Great Britain.
MMR vaccine > Great Britain.
Autism > Great Britain.
Health risk assessment > Great Britain.
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine > Great Britain.
Autistic Disorder > etiology > Great Britain.
Communications Media > Great Britain.
Health Education > Great Britain.
Journalism, Medical > Great Britain.
Risk Assessment > Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Reporting health, science and risk
  • News values and health, science and risk stories
  • Balance in health and science stories
  • Sources in the MMR/autism story
  • Behind the news--the views of health and science sources
  • Expertise
  • Audiences and the MMR/autism story
  • Sowing the seeds of doubt?