Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Karnes, Kathryn O'Neill URN etd-06062008-151302 Title What’s the Story? Framing of Health Issues by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Major Newspapers: A Qualitative Analysis Degree Master of Arts Department Communications Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Leonard Teel Committee Chair Holley Wilkin Committee Member Kathryn Fuller-Seeley Committee Member Keywords
- Press Release
- Press
- Centers for Disease Control
- CDC
- Framing
- Fear
- Newspaper
- Health Reporting
- Health Journalism
Date of Defense 2008-06-03 Availability unrestricted Abstract This qualitative analysis of the framing of health issues by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the world’s premier health organizations, and by major U.S. newspapers analyzes the frames present in a sample of the CDC’s press releases, and the frames present in the contemporaneous (and often resulting) press coverage. This study focuses on communication surrounding public health events that occurred in the six-year period 2002–2007.Files
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