Constructing the Outbreak - Katherine A. Foss

Constructing the Outbreak

Epidemics in Media and Collective Memory
Buch | Hardcover
232 Seiten
2020
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-527-1 (ISBN)
95,95 inkl. MwSt
Demonstrates how news reporting on epidemics communicates more than just information about pathogens; rather, prejudices, political agendas, religious beliefs, and theories of disease also shape the message.
When an epidemic strikes, media outlets are central to how an outbreak is framed and understood. While reporters construct stories intended to inform the public and convey essential information from doctors and politicians, news narratives also serve as historical records, capturing sentiments, responses, and fears throughout the course of the epidemic.Constructing the Outbreak demonstrates how news reporting on epidemics communicates more than just information about pathogens; rather, prejudices, political agendas, religious beliefs, and theories of disease also shape the message. Analyzing seven epidemics spanning more than two hundred years -- from Boston's smallpox epidemic and Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic in the eighteenth century to outbreaks of diphtheria, influenza, and typhoid in the early twentieth century -- Katherine A. Foss discusses how shifts in journalism and medicine influenced the coverage, preservation, and fictionalization of different disease outbreaks. Each case study highlights facets of this interplay, delving into topics such as colonization, tourism, war, and politics. Through this investigation into what has been preserved and forgotten in the collective memory of disease, Foss sheds light on current health care debates, like vaccine hesitancy.

Katherine A. Foss is professor of journalism and strategic media at Middle Tennessee State University.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Massachusetts
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 562 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-62534-527-5 / 1625345275
ISBN-13 978-1-62534-527-1 / 9781625345271
Zustand Neuware
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