Securitising health
Australian newspaper coverage of pandemic influenza
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8020201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niamh Stephenson (0000-0001-8105-1931, UNSW Sydney), Michelle Jamieson (0000-0003-2333-7549, UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 525-539 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01162.x |
| PMID | 19397761 |
| OpenAlex | W1978996527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 34 |
This paper analyses contemporary Australian newspaper coverage of the threat of pandemic influenza in humans, specifically in the light of recent transformations in biomedical and public health understandings of infectious disease as continuously emerging. Our analysis suggests that the spectre of pandemic influenza is characterised, in newspaper accounts, as invoking a specific form of nation building. The Australian nation is depicted as successfully securing itself in the face of a threat from Asia (and in the absence of an effective international health body). What is described in newspaper accounts reflects a shift in the public health response to infectious disease. This response does not entail a direct focus on protecting either the population or national territory. Instead, it involves the continuous rehearsal of readiness to react to disasters through the networking of government and private agencies responsible for maintaining critical infrastructure. In this way, coverage of pandemic influenza positions health as central to national security, with little reporting of the reasons for or the potential implications of this alliance. Thus, the imperative to ‘be prepared’ is presented as self‐evident
Alliance · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 · Newspaper · Pandemic · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |