An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease /

"In An Epidemic of Rumors, Jon D. Lee examines the human response to epidemics through the lens of the 2003 SARS epidemic. Societies usually respond to the eruption of disease by constructing stories, jokes, conspiracy theories, legends, and rumors, but these narratives are often more damaging...

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Main Author:	Lee, Jon D. (Author)
Other Authors:	Miller, Dan (Cover designer)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Epidemics. Epidemics > Social aspects. Communicable diseases > Public opinion > Psychological aspects. Pandemics. Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Pandemics epidemics. pandemics.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9780874219296 0874219299 0874219280 9780874219289 1492013226 9781492013228 0874022924 9780874022926
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central