‘It was a freak accident’: an analysis of the labelling of injury events in the US press

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Authors

Katherine Clegg Smith · Johns Hopkins University

Deborah C. Girasek · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Susan P. Baker · Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer A. Manganello · University at Albany, State University of New York

Stephen M. Bowman · Johns Hopkins University

Alicia Samuels · Johns Hopkins University

Andrea C. Gielen

Abstract

Journalists who frame injury events as freak accidents may be an appropriate focus for advocacy efforts. Effective prevention messages should be developed and disseminated to accompany injury reporting in order to educate and protect the public.

Topics & Keywords

Risk Perception and Management Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Injury Prevention

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 38-43

DOI: 10.1136/ip.2011.031609

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