Different means to the same end: A comparative contingency analyses of Singapore and China’s management of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis

Author

Yan JIN, Virginia Commonwealth University
Augustine PANG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Glen T. CAMERON, University of Missouri

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

5-2011

Abstract

For months in 2003, the world lay under siege by a strain of virus that masqueraded as pneumonia but inflicted a far more lethal effect. By all accounts, the mystery of how the severe respiratory acute syndrome (SARS) virus came to be has remained largely unsolved (Bradsher & Altman 2003). What began as routine fever and cough in a Chinese physician, later identified as a super-carrier, rapidly spread to people who had cursory contacts with him, spiralling into a worldwide crisis that spanned Asia and the North Americas (Rosenthal 2003).

Discipline

Asian Studies | Business and Corporate Communications | Health Communication | Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Areas

Corporate Communication

Publication

International Journal of Communication

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

70

ISSN

1932-8036

Identifier

10.1080/13216597.2007.9674707

Publisher

University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Citation

JIN, Yan; PANG, Augustine; and CAMERON, Glen T.. Different means to the same end: A comparative contingency analyses of Singapore and China’s management of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis. (2011). International Journal of Communication. 13, (1), 39-70.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6033

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https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2007.9674707