Risk communication and infectious diseases in an age of digital media / Anat Gesser-Edelsburg and Yaffa Shir-Raz.
By: Gasser-Edelsburg, Anat [author.].
Contributor(s): Shir-Raz, Yaffa [author.].
Series: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017Description: 188p. ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138186064 (hardback).Subject(s): Health Communication -- trends | Health Information Management -- methods | Communicable Diseases, Emerging | Communications MediaGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | R119.9 .G37 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000008239 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The public sphere and health communication in the context of emergent infectious diseases -- The challenge of digital media for health organizations -- Organizational policy and practice -- Strategies for communicating health information and risk -- The role of medical experts and health journalists -- The public's understanding and decision making regarding science and risk -- Observations and lessons : managing health risks in the age of digital media.