Media, metaphors and modeling: how the UK newspapers reported the epidemiological modelling controversy during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak

The relation between theoretical models and metaphors has been studied since at least the 1950s. The relation between metaphors and mathematical modelling is less well researched. This article takes the media coverage of the foot and mouth modelling exercise in 2001 as an occasion to examine the met...

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Main Author: Nerlich, Brigitte
Format: Article
Published: Sage 2007
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1315/