PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS INFORMATIVE TREATMENT: THE HEADLINES ABOUT INFLUENZA A IN SPANISH PRESS

Through the analysis of public ownership in a state newspaper (El Pais) and one regional (La Voz de Galicia) is to elaborate a reflection on the role of the press during the first month of coverage of influenza A, following onset of the outbreak in Mexico. The investigated sample consists of all the headlines about influenza published in Spanish and Galician newspapers during the period of one month, in consecutive weeks since the start of the intensification of media coverage (as it is the day April 25).