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Unveiling the Strengths and Biases of Media Influence on Disaster Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2023

Derrick Tin*
Affiliation:
Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Gregory Ciottone
Affiliation:
Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
*
Correspondence: Derrick Tin BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine One Deaconess Road, WCC2 Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA E-mail: dtin@bidmc.harvard.edu

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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