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Title: Media and health: moral panics, sinners and saviours
Author/Creator: Germov, John; Freij, Maria
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description: What role does the mass media play in producing and reproducing our understanding of health and illness? How does the mass media influence our perception of health risks and illness experience? How influential is the media in shaping public views on health and illness?
Description: 4th ed.
Relation: Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology p. 347-363
Relation: http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/social_science/sociology/9780195562811
Date: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keyword(s): mass media; advertising; health; pharmaceuticals
Resource Type: book chapter
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918302
Identifier: ISBN:9780195562811

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