Chapter 13 Health Risk Management and Mass Media — Newspaper Reports on BSE in South Korea

1. Introduction

1.1. Newspaper articles in South Korea

1.2. History of BSE issue in South Korea

1.2.1. Period I: January 2002 through April 2003 and earlier

1.2.2. Period II: May 2003 through August 2006

1.2.3. Period III: September 2006 through October 2007

1.2.4. Period IV: November 2007 through April 2008

1.2.5. Period V: May 2008 through April 2009

2. Study methods

2.1. Collecting and coding of articles

2.2. Statistical analysis

3. Results of newspaper reports in South Korea

4. Discussion

4.1. Issue prominence and geographic focuses of newspaper reports on BSE

4.2. Comparison with other countries: Cases of US and Japan

4.3. Policy advocacy and international partnership for risk management

5. Conclusion and policy implication

Author details

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