Title page for E-project-030107-002818

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2007-03-01

Author
Amanda N McCullough, TC

URN E-project-030107-002818

Title Reactions to Avian Influenza

Advisor
Trimbur, John, HU

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The goal of this project was to research the history of medical rhetoric in American society to develop a basis for American reactions towards the potential Avian Influenza epidemic as represented in the media. This study focused on ideas surrounding "framing disease" and developed four factors within this framing: medical authority, public health authority, uncertainty, and blaming. Cholera, typhoid, the 1918 influenza, and AIDS were all researched in order to develop a discussion of American perceptions of Avian Influenza.

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mccullough_final_rxns_avianflu.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2007-03-01
Author	Amanda N McCullough, TC
URN	E-project-030107-002818
Title	Reactions to Avian Influenza
Advisor	Trimbur, John, HU
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The goal of this project was to research the history of medical rhetoric in American society to develop a basis for American reactions towards the potential Avian Influenza epidemic as represented in the media. This study focused on ideas surrounding "framing disease" and developed four factors within this framing: medical authority, public health authority, uncertainty, and blaming. Cholera, typhoid, the 1918 influenza, and AIDS were all researched in order to develop a discussion of American perceptions of Avian Influenza.
Files	mccullough_final_rxns_avianflu.pdf