Mass Media and the Contagion of Fear¶
Towers. (2014). Mass Media and the Contagion of Fear: The Case of Ebola in America. PLOS ONE.
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- When a small number of Ebola cases reached the United States, American news devoted enormous, dramatic coverage to the disease, and polls showed sharp public alarm and demands for travel bans — even though seasonal influenza and other endemic diseases killed vastly more Americans that year with a fraction of the coverage
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“following the first imported case of Ebola in the U. S. on September 29, 2014”
- When a small number of Ebola cases reached the United States, American news devoted enormous, dramatic coverage to the disease, and polls showed sharp public alarm and demands for travel bans — even though seasonal influenza and other endemic diseases killed vastly more Americans that year with a fraction of the coverage
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