Death Makes News: The Social Impact of Disease on Newspaper Coverage
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorPublished 1 September 2000
Richard C. Adelman, Lois M. Verbrugge
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During the two decades, newspaper coverage emerges for AIDS and Alzheimer disease and is in the mature stage for the other diseases; declines begin for heart disease and AIDS.
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Newspaper coverage of diseases is responsive to their mortality levels and trends.
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