| Title |
When Pictures Waste a Thousand Words: Analysis of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Television News
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0064070 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Westerly Luth, Cindy Jardine, Tania Bubela |
| Abstract |
Effective communication by public health agencies during a pandemic promotes the adoption of recommended health behaviours. However, more information is not always the solution. Rather, attention must be paid to how information is communicated. Our study examines the television news, which combines video and audio content. We analyse (1) the content of television news about the H1N1 pandemic and vaccination campaign in Alberta, Canada; (2) the extent to which television news content conveyed key public health agency messages; (3) the extent of discrepancies in audio versus visual content. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 57% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 20% |
| Researcher | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 22 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 5 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 21% |
| Unknown | 28 | 33% |