Egyptian Newspapers Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Theoretically Driven Content Analysis

Zeid, Nour; Tang, Lu

doi:10.1080/10810730.2022.2157908

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“…Furthermore, while news media may not be considered the most credible or scientific source for health information, media in the MENA region is often under state control and typically functions as a mouthpiece for the governments. 19 , 73 Thus, the media content most likely reflects the governments’ position on vaccination, which tended to encourage and slowly normalize COVID-19 vaccines due to the government's vaccination agenda (e.g. vaccine mandates).…”

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“…Factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy have been extensively studied in different regions, 15 – 16 yet, less attention has been given to this topic in the Arab world 8 , 17 – 18 until recently. 19 , 20 Research on vaccine hesitancy has often shown that the exposure to misleading information on social media can increase hesitancy 21 , 22 and that social media is disproportionately successful in promoting vaccine hesitancy as opposed to vaccine uptake. 23 During the COVID-19 pandemic, a noticeable shift in the Arab countries’ media consumption patterns was observed, indicating a heavier reliance on social media as the primary COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines source of information rather than traditional media.…”

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The spread of COVID-19 vaccine information in Arabic on YouTube: A network exposure study

Zeid,

Tang,

Amith

2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Objective The Arabic-speaking world had the lowest vaccine rates worldwide. The region's increasing reliance on social media as a source of COVID-19 information coupled with the increasing popularity of YouTube in the Middle East and North Africa region begs the question of what COVID-19 vaccine content is available in Arabic on YouTube. Given the platform's reputation for being a hotbed for vaccine-related misinformation in English, this study explored the COVID-19 vaccine-related content an individual is likely to be exposed to on YouTube when using keyword-based search or redirected to YouTube from another platform from an anti-vaccine seed video in Arabic. Methods Only using the Arabic language, four networks of videos based on YouTube's recommendations were created in April 2021. Two search networks were created based on Arabic pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine keywords, and two seed networks were created from conspiracy theory and anti-vaccine expert seed videos. The network exposure model was used to examine the video contents and network structures. Results Results show that users had a low chance of being exposed to anti-vaccine content in Arabic compared to the results of a previous study of YouTube content in English. Of the four networks, only the anti-vaccine expert network had a significant likelihood of exposing the user to more anti-vaccine videos. Implications were discussed. Conclusion YouTube deserves credit for its efforts to clean up and limit anti-vaccine content exposure in Arabic on its platform, but continuous evaluations of the algorithm functionality are warranted.

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The spread of COVID-19 vaccine information in Arabic on YouTube: A network exposure study

Zeid,

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Amith

2023

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News in Business News During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in New Zealand: A Content Analysis

Akhtaruzzaman

2024

Journal of Public Affairs

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New Zealand's response to the health risk of COVID‐19 has been acclaimed as a success story compared to other nations. Yet, the impact of the pandemic on New Zealand businesses and the resulting shift in business operations and priorities remained least known. The aim of this study is to identify major concerns in business‐related news in mainstream newspapers in New Zealand that impacted the businesses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. A qualitative content analysis technique was employed to analyse the news content of a total of 134 newspaper articles from the major online mainstream newspapers published in New Zealand during the pandemic. The major themes identified from the content analysis were: Business, Subsidy, Lockdown, People. Further analysis of these themes disclosed that Business and People were the predominant themes in the news content during the pandemic. The findings reveal that the concerns of businesses extended beyond operational and financial performance, also encompassing the health and well‐being of the employees and customers. The findings offer valuable insights for future research and bear significant implications for both management and policy‐making.

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Egyptian Newspapers Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Theoretically Driven Content Analysis

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The spread of COVID-19 vaccine information in Arabic on YouTube: A network exposure study

The spread of COVID-19 vaccine information in Arabic on YouTube: A network exposure study

News in Business News During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in New Zealand: A Content Analysis

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