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Health, risk and news : [the MMR vaccine and the media] / [Tammy Boyce].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyce, Tammy, 1970-
- Series:
- Media & culture (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 9.
- Media and culture, 1098-4208 ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health in mass media.
- Mass media--Great Britain.
- Mass media.
- Health risk assessment.
- Autism.
- MMR vaccine.
- Great Britain.
- MMR vaccine--Great Britain.
- Autism--Great Britain.
- Health risk assessment--Great Britain.
- Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine.
- United Kingdom.
- Autistic Disorder--etiology.
- Communications Media.
- Health Education.
- Journalism, Medical.
- Risk Assessment.
- Medical Subjects:
- Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine.
- United Kingdom.
- Autistic Disorder--etiology.
- Communications Media.
- Health Education.
- Journalism, Medical.
- Risk Assessment.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2007]
- 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?
- Notes:
- Subtitle and statement of responsibility from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820488380
- 9780820488387
- OCLC:
- 156863692
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