During the outbreak of emerging infectious diseases scientists and public health officials play a key role in informing communities about what is happening, why and what they can do about it, and the news media are critical to how expert knowledge is presented to the public. Therefore, it is...

[Extract] Writing this chapter has allowed and indeed required a reflective contemplation of the process of doing research, which is rarely available in the day-to-day world of both academic and professional research. Deciding upon a methodological approach is inevitably constrained by the time...