Risk, media and drinking water: An analysis of the media's construction of the Walkerton risk event
The contamination of the local drinking water supplies in Walkerton, Ontario, in May 2000 was a highly publicized public health risk event, where seven people died and 2,300 other individuals became ill. The analysis of the media construction of the Walkerton risk event reveals how the media uses im...
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University of Ottawa (Canada)
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27574 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12149 |