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
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