Personal, Interpersonal, and Media Predictors of Fear of Ebola

Fear of infectious disease has the potential to damage local economies, disrupt health care delivery systems, and diminish immune functioning, whether or not the risk is objectively high. The appearance of Ebola in the United States offered an opportunity to study the causes of fear in a real-world...

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Main Authors: James Price Dillard, Chun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Netherlands Press 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research
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Online Access:https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jicrcr/vol2/iss2/2/