News coverage of Fukushima disaster found few reports identified health risks to public
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 11:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Five years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, the disaster no longer dominates U.S. news headlines, although experts say it is a continuing disaster with broad implications. A new analysis by American University sociology professor Celine-Marie Pascale finds that U.S. news media coverage following the disaster minimized health risks to the general population.