Media Effects on Students during SARS Outbreak
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A few months after the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, a sample of Canadian undergraduate university students completed a questionnaire that showed that, despite believing media coverage of the outbreak was excessive, they had little anxiety about acquiring SARS. Additionally, 69% of participants failed a SARS-specific knowledge section of the questionnaire.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005