Media coverage of health issues and how to work more effectively with journalists: a qualitative study
Open Access
- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 10 (1) , 535
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-535
Abstract
The mass media has enormous potential to influence health-related behaviours and perceptions. Much research has focused on how the media frames health issues. This study sought to explore how journalists in Australia select and shape news on health issues.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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