Responses to health risk and suffering: ‘China’ in the Italian media discourses during the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic

Pofi, Maria Paola; Wing-Fai, Leung

doi:10.1177/01634437211053770

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“…For instance, human responsibility for the spread of the virus has been viewed through the prism of humans' unsustainable consumption (Xue and Xu, 2021). Although this may engage US newsreaders into more environmentally friendly practices, the blame on humans has eventually led to discrimination (Pofi and Wing Fai, 2021). The enforcement of safety measures has also been compared with authoritarian measures such as the Holocaust, an association that increased confusion and shifted at a later stage into an association of negative reactions to Covid-19 law enforcement with Nazi acts (Sabucedo et al, 2020;Wicke and Bolognesi, 2020;Steir-Livny, 2021;Hanne, 2022).…”

Section: The Role Of the Mediamentioning

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British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

Augé,

Tenbrink,

Spear

et al. 2023

Front. Commun.

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IntroductionThe environmental impact of waste caused by single-use masks or face coverings is an under-considered effect associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of the protective purpose of face masks and their potential environmental impacts through littering or waste management means the wearing of face masks is simultaneously associated with the health crisis and creation of a new environmental challenge, combining two strands of journalism.MethodsOur study demonstrates how the discourse in British and Irish newspapers in the March 2020-December 2021 time frame relates to this problem. By a combination of quantitative and qualitative discourse analysis, we identify concepts commonly associated with the terms “face-covering” and “mask,” particularly concerning whether they refer to a disposable or reusable item.ResultsResults suggest that the newspaper discourse generally favored references to single-use surgical masks. Newspapers reported on the environmental impact of face masks only in very limited ways.DiscussionWe propose that the increase in waste caused by face masks can be related to prevailing representations of single-use surgical masks and limited attention paid to environmental concerns.

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Section: The Role Of the Mediamentioning

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British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

Augé,

Tenbrink,

Spear

et al. 2023

Front. Commun.

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“…On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency of global significance and declared it a pandemic on March 11 (Pofi, & Leung, 2022). This pandemic crisis is not a crisis of one country, China, but a pandemic crisis that concerns the fate of countries and people all over the world (Tooze, 2021).…”

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Hong Kong’s Media Representations of China amid COVID-19: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis

Hu,

Nawar Kasimon,

Wan Abas

2024

SMC

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Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many scholars have noted the significant value of studying media representations of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. However, when observing these research results, one will find that more research results are about the Western media, and there are few reports about the Chinese media on the COVID-19 pandemic. This study employs corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis to examine what kinds of discourse Hong Kong media use to represent China in the news. The Sing Tao Daily was chosen for the study because it has been in existence for a long time and has readers all over the world. Its coverage of China COVID-19 will affect Hong Kong people's perception of their motherland. Hong Kong is unique in that it has just recently returned to China. The Hong Kong media's coverage of mainland China will affect China's national image in the minds of Hong Kong people. This study aims to examine what discourses are used by the Hong Kong news media in their coverage of China's fight against the epidemic and what kind of national image of China is presented to the Hong Kong and global audiences. The analysis reveals that China is presented as a victim, and an advantageous cooperative country. China is a responsible big country that has assumed the responsibility of helping countries in difficulty and is a united country. China's actions have had a positive impact on global humanitarian ideology. This study illustrates how the media can effectively utilize discursive strategies to promote cooperation and build a country's image in the midst of a global health crisis.

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“…In December 2019, a person in Wuhan, China contracted unexplained pneumonia, later renamed COVID-19 (Wu, & Shen, 2022).On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency of global concern, and on March 11, it was declared a pandemic (Pofi, & Leung, 2022). The pandemic crisis has caused panic among people from all over the world, and more attention has been devoted to China, where the virus originated.…”

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Media Coverage of China During COVID-19: A Systematic Review

Hu,

Kasimon,

Wan Abas

2024

SMC

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The first case of COVID-19 appeared in China in late 2019, followed by a global outbreak of the virus. There are many articles examining the content of media coverage of China, but the topics examining media coverage of China during COVID-19 are still very new and have not been adequately studied. Knowledge related to Media coverage of China during COVID-19 was analyzed and visualized using CiteSpace software with the Web of Science Core Collection as the data source. The main findings suggest that media coverage of China during COVID-19 is a relatively recent topic of research. (1) The three most influential journals in this area are Communication, Psychology Multidisciplinary, and Public Environmental Occupational Health. Zhang W., Chen Q, et al. are among the most influential authors. (2) Co-author networks are decentralized, whereas transnational collaborations take place in groups. 10 clusters are considered to be of high interest, of which "covid-19 governance" "contesting coronavirus narrative" "understanding public protective behavioral intention" has persisted to this day. (3) Thirteen emergent terms illustrate the evolution of the field's research frontiers, the earliest being "social media," "fake news," etc., followed by "support," "emotions," "media," etc., and finally "media satisfaction" and "media perceptions."Finally, its contributions, limitations and directions for further research are discussed. The findings of this study predict future trends in research on media coverage of China during COVID-19 and provide a basis for more in-depth research.

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Responses to health risk and suffering: ‘China’ in the Italian media discourses during the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

Hong Kong’s Media Representations of China amid COVID-19: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis

Media Coverage of China During COVID-19: A Systematic Review

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