Differences between National and Local Media in News Coverage of the Zika Virus

Jerit, Jennifer; Yuan, Zhao; Tan, Megan; Wheeler, Munifa

doi:10.1080/10410236.2018.1536949

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“…Journalist would need to contact information reputable sources that are the authority when it comes to covering facts a health crisis situation (Ghazali, Mohamed, Nasir, & Yusoh, 2020). News sources could be categorised according to how society actors provide societal efficacy by responding to the challenge through policy, warning, action, and study (Jerit et al, 2019). Similarly, Ghazali and colleagues (2020) argued that sources could be individuals or institutions who provide information to shape news articles.…”

Section: Source Of Newsmentioning

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Similar but Not Alike: The Framing of Covid-19 in Indonesian and Malaysian Newspapers

Giffari¹,

Mohamed²

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly caused havoc all over the world. Governments, healthcare personnel, and the general public are all struggling to survive the health crisis. In such calamity, the media plays an important role as it is able to impact public attitude and response towards the pandemic. Malaysia and Indonesia are two neighbouring countries that are equally affected by the pandemic. These countries share the same language and geographic location, but they have distinct populations, government systems, and ethnic identities. This study compares the news framing of Covid-19 in Malaysian and Indonesian newspapers to understand how socio-political and cultural similarities and differences affect how the health crisis is framed and presented. The Star (Malaysia) and Detik (Indonesia) were chosen to be studied in this paper, with a total of 369 news pieces obtained between 60 days after the first local COVID-19 case was discovered in the respective country. The findings suggest that the framing of Malaysian online newspapers was action-oriented, whereas the framing of Indonesian online newspapers was uncertainty-oriented. In addition, Malaysian and Indonesian internet newspapers were quick to report on the Covid-19 news. Both cited the government as their primary source and addressed risk bearers as their primary focus. This shows that despite their geographical proximities, the two countries had distinct ways of covering the pandemic.

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Similar but Not Alike: The Framing of Covid-19 in Indonesian and Malaysian Newspapers

Giffari¹,

Mohamed²

2021

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“…Quando falamos dos media, o seu potencial de influência na perceção do risco é fator indissociável dos comportamentos adquiridos (Jerit, et al, 2018;Frewer, 2001;Sell et al, 2018). O impacto na saúde pode estar vinculado a um contexto de crise ou a um perigo crônico, que pode representar constantemente uma ameaça (Frewer, 2001), mas é sobretudo nas atitudes, nas crenças e nas subjetividades que os media atuam.…”

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“…A crise epidémica surtiu efeito na opinião pública nas eleições de 2016, que alçaram Donald Trump a presidente dos Estados Unidos. Investigações indicaram que a maneira com que o assunto Zika foi abordado influenciou no voto e nas atitudes da população sobre o aborto tardio (Jerit et al, 2018). Os media direcionaram o discurso sobretudo para as mulheres grávidas e a transmissão sexual do vírus.…”

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A patologização da gravidez e o aborto na mediatização da epidemia de Zika

Alcântara¹

2021

Mediac. soc.

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A problematização da microcefalia nos bebés das grávidas infetadas pelo vírus da Zika insuflou a discussão sobre a legalização do aborto no ano de 2016 no Brasil. Esta investigação tem como abordagem a perspetiva feminista e analisa artigos das edições online da Folha de S.Paulo e de O Globo a partir da análise crítica do discurso. O objetivo é perceber quais relações de poder foram dinamizadas nas práticas discursivas jornalísticas. Os resultados mostram que a cobertura noticiosa privilegiou os âmbitos médico, jurídico, político e religioso, e reservou a relação Zika-microcefalia às mulheres jovens e periféricas.

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“…Scholars have highlighted gaps in the literature on health news coverage in the media in general (Jerit et al 2019 ), and specifically there is a dearth in knowledge on news headlines (Montgomery & Feng 2016 ). With the objective of contributing to the empirical scholarship in the discipline of public health, specifically health communication and news frames, this study aimed to describe how COVID-19 was represented in online news headlines, specifically in the first month during which the disease was declared a pandemic.…”

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The corona chronicles: Framing analysis of online news headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, USA and South Africa

Ebrahim

2022

Health SA Gesondheid

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Background: The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, now in its second year, has resulted in a large corpus of literature in a number of disciplines, particularly virology and epidemiology. In contrast, scholarly inquiry in other areas of the health sciences, particularly in media representations and public health communication, is still emerging.Aim: As an integral stakeholder in communication during a pandemic, this descriptive study sought to delineate the media frames of the COVID-19 pandemic in online news headlines in the first month that the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.Setting: Online news headlines in three global hotspots, namely Italy, the USA and South Africa, during the month of March 2020, were analysed.Methods: Thematic content analysis and epidemic framing typology.Results: The findings indicate that COVID-19 has been internationally portrayed as a lethal pandemic that destroys and disrupts human life. Discursive frames of consequences monopolised its coverage, whilst discursive frames of reassurance were rare, despite the high survival rate. One of the unique findings of this study is that the COVID-19 pandemic coverage included the naming of positive patients, who were thereby made known to the public.Conclusion: Internationally, COVID-19 pandemic coverage used consequence frames that dramatised loss of life instead of deploying frames of reassurance that foreground the high survival rate of this disease.Contribution: Results of the study may help inform public health communication of the COVID-19 pandemic, by offering a detailed description of the frames that journalists use in news headlines, all of which possibly influence public perception of the pandemic. Theoretically, the article has also contributed to the application of epidemic framing typology and has contributed to knowledge in the field of public health communication and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Differences between National and Local Media in News Coverage of the Zika Virus

Cited by 34 publications

References 17 publications

Similar but Not Alike: The Framing of Covid-19 in Indonesian and Malaysian Newspapers

Similar but Not Alike: The Framing of Covid-19 in Indonesian and Malaysian Newspapers

A patologização da gravidez e o aborto na mediatização da epidemia de Zika

The corona chronicles: Framing analysis of online news headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, USA and South Africa

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