SARS in Cybermetrics

[Isidro F. Aguillo]

Dear colleagues:

The ejournal Cybermetrics (http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics) has
just published the following article:

Newspaper Coverage of SARS: A Comparison among Canada, Hong Kong,
Mainland China and Western Europe

Linda Chee Yuk Chan, Bihui Jin, Ronald Rousseau, Liwen Vaughan, Yuan Yu

A quantitative analysis of newspaper coverage of SARS was conducted,
where the occurrence of the word SARS in newspaper articles, rather than
newspaper content was examined. Data were collected from six newspapers
representing Canada, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Western Europe.
These data were then compared with the World Health Organization’s data
on SARS cases and SARS deaths. A brief history of SARS is also provided
to place the results of the study in the context of the SARS events. The
analysis finds not only a similarity between the two western media
examined, but also a contrast between the western media and the Chinese
media in SARS coverage. The study demonstrates the usefulness of
informetric methods in analyzing popular media.

The paper is avalaible free of charge in the following URL address:

http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v6i1p1.html

You are cordially invited to contribute to one of the most read journals
in our discipline and with a high rate of citations.

Thanks in advance,

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Isidro F. Aguillo
isidro at cindoc.csic.es

CINDOC-CSIC
Joaquin Costa, 22
28002 Madrid. SPAIN

+34-630858997
www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics
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Isidro F. Aguillo
isidro at cindoc.csic.es

CINDOC-CSIC
Joaquin Costa, 22
28002 Madrid. SPAIN

+34-630858997
www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics
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