Flu frames.

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8205036 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1467-9566 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01419889 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sociol Health Illn Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2003->: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing
Original Publication: Henley-on-Thames ; Boston, Mass. : Routledge & Kegan Paul,

Pandemics*/ethics; Health Promotion/*methods ; Influenza, Human/*psychology ; Mass Media/*ethics; Communication Barriers ; Cooperative Behavior ; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control ; Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data ; Health Promotion/organization & administration ; Humans ; Models, Psychological ; Sociology, Medical

This article investigates how the frame concept was used in media studies of the 2009 flu pandemic representation. It examines how frame (or framing) analysis has illuminated sociological features of these depictions and how the frame concept facilitated an analytic understanding of media representations. The article first outlines the principal uses of the concept in the social sciences. It then examines the approach and findings of empirical studies of the 2009 outbreak. The findings are reported under three headings: production, text and the consumption of flu frames. This schema provides a better understanding of key sociological dimensions of news responses to the 2009 pandemic. Most articles reviewed were conducted under the auspices of communication studies. It is shown that questions of frame production and the interpretation and challenging of frames, while not at the forefront of many analyses, nevertheless were not neglected.
(© 2013 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness © 2013 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Date Created: 20130118 Date Completed: 20140619 Latest Revision: 20130322

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10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01537.x

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