How Long to Read Constructing the Outbreak

How Long Does it Take to Read Constructing the Outbreak?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Constructing the Outbreak by Katherine A. Foss

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

When an epidemic strikes, media outlets are central to how an outbreak is framed and understood. While reporters construct stories intended to inform the public and convey essential information from doctors and politicians, news narratives also serve as historical records, capturing sentiments, responses, and fears throughout the course of the epidemic. Constructing the Outbreak demonstrates how news reporting on epidemics communicates more than just information about pathogens; rather, prejudices, political agendas, religious beliefs, and theories of disease also shape the message. Analyzing seven epidemics spanning more than two hundred years—from Boston's smallpox epidemic and Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic in the eighteenth century to outbreaks of diphtheria, influenza, and typhoid in the early twentieth century—Katherine A. Foss discusses how shifts in journalism and medicine influenced the coverage, preservation, and fictionalization of different disease outbreaks. Each case study highlights facets of this interplay, delving into topics such as colonization, tourism, war, and politics. Through this investigation into what has been preserved and forgotten in the collective memory of disease, Foss sheds light on current health care debates, like vaccine hesitancy.

How long is Constructing the Outbreak?

Constructing the Outbreak by Katherine A. Foss is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Constructing the Outbreak Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Constructing the Outbreak aloud.

What Reading Level is Constructing the Outbreak?

Constructing the Outbreak is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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