John H. Powers

List of John Benjamins publications in which John H. Powers is involved.

Title

The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a health communication crisis

Edited by John H. Powers and Xiaosui Xiao

When the SARS virus began its spread from southern China around the world in spring 2003, it caught regional and international health officials by surprise. The SARS epidemic itself lasted for only a few months, whereas its treatment, in communicative terms, keeps providing us with important… read more

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 30] 2008. vi, 242 pp.

Articles

Powers, John H. 2008 Introduction The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a health communication crisis, Powers, John H. and Xiaosui Xiao (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Miscellaneous

Powers, John H. and Gwendolyn Gong 2008 1. Hong Kong's multiple constructions of SARS The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a health communication crisis, Powers, John H. and Xiaosui Xiao (eds.), pp. 17–31 | Article

This chapter identifies five significant interpretive frames which operated in Hong Kong and southern China as the SARS crisis developed in spring 2003. These five frames treated SARS, respectively, as (a) a state secret of the Chinese provincial officials, (b) a scientific mystery to be solved by… read more