Tabitha Lee Sang

Mr. Munoz
English DC, Period 5
30 October 2014
"CERC Pandemic Influenza Training." Pandemic Influenza Training|Crisis & Emergency Risk
Communication (CERC). N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
This source is a Pandemic Influenza Training module created by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. This video informs the public of the psychology of a severe
pandemic and [e]xplain strategies officials can use to respond to stigmatization. The purpose
of this video is to reduce panic in the event of a pandemic.
This source is helpful because it is an example of using media to inform the public of
pandemics. The module is helpful in the event of a pandemic to calm the public. This source
supports that the media is helpful when calming the public.

"Epidemics, Pandemics, and Outbreaks of Contagious Diseases." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web.
26 Oct. 2014.
This source gives basic information about epidemics, pandemics and outbreaks. It
distinguishes epidemics as when an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people and a
pandemic as a global disease outbreak. This source gives an example of an epidemic with the
influenza virus. It gives several variables that can influence how much a disease spreads.
It briefly goes over the CDCs Pandemic Severity Index, which estimates the number of
expected deaths.
This source is helpful because it gives a simple overview of a number of topics dealing
with epidemics and pandemics.

"How Media Reports Influence Pandemics | MIT Technology Review." MIT Technology Review.
N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
This source reveals a new revolutionary graph that will allow governments to predict how
diseases will spread through society and will test to understand the best way to contain the
disease. Anna Mummert, at Marshall University, and Howard Weiss, at Georgia Tech, explores
how the media can also affect the spread of disease through society. She proposes that reports of
infectious diseases in the media causes people to self-isolate, meaning that they isolate
themselves from the rest of society. This source gives two examples of the self-isolate
principle caused by media reports of diseases. One example, from the US Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, warned travelers of a SARS infected areas and a false report in
Chinatown, New York City.
This source is helpful because it proposes an effect of media reporting on highly
infectious diseases. The effect, self-isolate, will support the side that supports media coverage
of diseases. Anna Mummerts argument supposes that, by reporting areas infected by highly
infectious diseases, people will avoid those areas. The false report about Chinatown, New York
City is evidence of self-isolation even though, in this case, it has an overall negative impact on
the healthy Chinatown.

Mandeville, Kate L., et al. "Academics And Competing Interests In H1N1 Influenza Media
Reporting." Journal Of Epidemiology & Community Health 68.3 (2014): 197. Publisher
Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
This article, written in the UK, is investigating the effects of competing interests of
academics during the 2009 to 2010 A/H1N1 pandemic. Research of news media found that

academics gave a higher risk of infection of the A/H1N1 than officially reported. Academics
competing interest and encouragement to receive pharmaceutical products caused public
anxiety and demand.
This article is helpful for my research because it supplies evidence that shows news
media, through exaggerated risk of infection, can cause public anxiety.

McCauley, Michael, Sara Minsky, and Kasisomayajula Viswanath. "The H1N1 Pandemic:
Media Frames, Stigmatization And Coping." BMC Public Health 13.1 (2013): 1-30.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
This article studies the physiological stress that people feel when faced with a pandemic
outbreak. According to this article, people tend to want to blame a certain group of people for
pandemics. This article claims that accusations find their basis in social problems and stereotypes
and not scientific fact.
This article is helpful because it gives accounts of false media reports. The main focus of
the article is to reason out the philosophical process that singles out groups of people as the cause
for pandemics.

"Media Coverage of Health Issues and How to Work More Effectively with Journalists: A
Qualitative Study." BMC Public Health. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
This study attempted to show the influences of mass media on the public in Australia.
This study focused on two pandemic outbreaks. The study interviewed journalists who tried to
report accurate information. This article assesses that health communicators must build a
relationship with reporters and journalists.

This article is helpful because it sheds a positive view on news coverage on avian
influenza and pandemic planning.

"Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases." WHO. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
This source is an integrated global alert and response system for epidemics. This source alerts
the public to potential epidemics, various infectious diseases found in specific regions of the
world, and the correct response to epidemics. It includes information of epidemic diseases and
organizations responsible for researching and controlling these epidemic diseases. The World
Health Organization defines Biorisk reduction as ensuring that current scientific knowledgeis
maintained in order to apply the most appropriate guidance for treatment, control, and safety to
mitigate the risks regardless of the source of the disease event.
I can use this source in my report to give basic information and present various examples
of epidemic diseases. This source supports media use in the event of an epidemic outbreak in
order to warn the public of infectious diseases in nearby areas and to educate how to respond in
case of an epidemic outbreak. This source reaches a worldwide audience. This source also
contains several recent articles regarding the Ebola virus.

"What the Public Was Saying about the H1N1 Vaccine: Perceptions and Issues Discussed in OnLine Comments during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic." PLOS ONE:. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct.
2014.
This article investigates the publics resistance to getting vaccinated for the H1N1
pandemic. An online survey gathered information to find which of seven categories, including
media, influenced the public. The online survey found that 17.8% of the public believed that the
media was responsible for resistance to vaccines.

This article is helpful because it shows that the media can be positive or negative effect
on public by encouraging or discouraging pandemic vaccines.

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