Posted by Aashka Dave S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2018
Topics: audiences, communications, disease, Ebola, epidemiology, industry, journalism, media, public health, Zika

When to Start Freaking Out: Audience Engagement on Social Media During Disease Outbreaks

Sensationalism, gatekeeping, and media figurations mean audience engagement is not merely a journalistic, revenue‐oriented concern — it is a public health concern too.