When an epidemic strikes, media outlets are central to how an outbreak is framed and understood.
While reporters construct stories intended to inform the public and convey essential information from doctors and politicians, news narratives also serve as historical records, capturing sentiments, responses, and fears throughout the course of the epidemic.
Constructing the Outbreak demonstrates how news reporting on epidemics communicates more than just information about pathogens; rathe.
University Of Massachusetts Press Constructing the outbreak: epidemics in media and collective memory, paperback/katherine a. foss
