Pandemics, Publics, and Politics

Kristian Bjørkdahl is senior researcher at Uni Research Rokkan Centre, in Bergen, Norway.Benedicte Carlsen is research leader and research professor at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre, in Bergen, Norway.

• CHAPTER 1 Introduction.- CHAPTER 2 Global Health Governance and Pandemics: Uncertainty and Institutional Decision-Making.- CHAPTER 3 Uncertainty and Immunity in Public Communications on Pandemics.- CHAPTER 4 Enacting Pandemics: How Health Authorities Use the Press – and Vice Versa.- CHAPTER 5 “Disease Knows No Borders”: Pandemics and the Politics of Global Health Security.- CHAPTER 6 When Authority Goes Viral: Digital Communication and Health Expertise on pandemi.no.

“An insightful and approachable reference for scholars, researchers, and teachers who are interested in the study of pandemics and pandemic communication. And meanwhile it serves as an excellent reference for master and doctoral students.” (Gaotong Li and Gaoxin Li, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 14, 2020)