Table of Contents:
  • SARS: reception and interpretations / Deborah Davis and Helen Siu
  • Global connectivity and local politics: SARS, talk radio, and public opinion / Eric Kit-Wai Ma and Joseph Man Chan
  • SARS, avian flu, and the urban double take / John Nguyet Erni
  • Eulogy and practice: public professionals and private lives / Helen Siu and Jane Chan
  • Artistic responses to SARS: footprints in the local and global realms of cyberspace / Abbey Newman
  • SARS humor for the virtual community / Hong Zhang
  • Taiwan's social crisis during the SARS outbreak: legacy of authoritarianism / Yun Fan and Ming-chi Chen.