The Rhetorical Construction of the Predatorial Virus
A Burkian Analysis of Nonfiction Accounts of the Ebola Virus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5454655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca A Weldon (University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/104973201129118902 |
| PMID | 11147163 |
| OpenAlex | W2154080225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Over the past 5 years, a new subgenre of horror films, referred to as plague films, has turned our focus to the threat of a hemorrhagic viral pandemic, comparable to the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1916. Based on the Ebola viral outbreaks of 1976, various writers have presented their accounts under the guise of increasing interest and prevention strategies. Disregarding inappropriate health care practices as the cause of these epidemics, accountability is refocused onto the rhetorically constructed, predatory nature of the virus. By employing Burke's theory of dramatism and pentadic analysis, the author examines this rhetorical construction of Ebola as a predatorial virus and its implications for public perceptions of public health endeavors
Art · Ebola virus · Literature · Rhetorical question · Virus · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Virology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |