Communicating an Outbreak: The Visual Genres of Zika Virus Reports
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چکیده
This article examines visuals used in the reporting of 2015-2016 Zika virus outbreak order to explore use different image forms and genres communicating health information distinct audiences. By tracing an informational report through several publication types, rhetorical are observed, as is robustness flexibility these categorizations.
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Outbreak of Zika virus disease
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1541-3780', '0047-2816']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00472816211053303