Image: Wikimedia Commons, pixnio With meningitis B dominating the news cycle and the unexplained deaths of students in Kent circulating across social media, one must ask: what are the real causes of this outbreak, and is it truly as dangerous as it appears? The media is trained to frame events in ways that create a sense of urgency, generating and propagating fear among audiences. This is what academics call media framing and the social imaginary. Framing involves omitting c