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Peer reviewedWilkins, Lee; Patterson, Philip – Journal of Communication, 1987
Explains that the news media commit fundamental errors of attribution in covering risk situations by (1) treating them as novelties, (2) failing to analyze the entire system, and (3) using insufficiently analytical language. (NKA)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Content Analysis, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
