Health Communication

Lauren B. Frank, Portland State U

"Only a Plane Ride Away": Toward a Comprehensive Model of News Coverage of Epidemics - Julie L. Andsager, U of Tennessee

Explicating the Process of Risk Amplification and Attenuation: The Role of Perceived Consequence, Uncertainty, Fairness, and Efficacy - Kai Kuang, Purdue U; Hyunyi Cho, Purdue U

Stories and Risk Perceptions: The Effects of Subjective Numeracy and Transportation Into Narrative Worlds - Melanie C. Green, University at Buffalo (SUNY); Remi Moore, U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating A/H1N1 in European Press Releases and Press Coverage - Constanze Rossmann, University of Erfurt; Lisa Meyer, LMU Munich; Peter J. Schulz, U della Svizzera italian