The Framing of COVID-19 in Italian Media and Its Relationship with Community Mobility: A Mixed-Method Approach

Ophir, Yotam; Walter, Dror; Arnon, Daniel I.; Lokmanoglu, Ayse; Tizzoni, Michele; Carota, Joëlle; D’Antiga, Lorenzo; Nicastro, Emanuele

doi:10.1080/10810730.2021.1899344

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“…This media coverage is important in influencing community behaviors. For instance, a study of COVID-19 coverage and behavior in Italy showed that the frames used by the news media influenced changes in community mobility significantly more than the effect of the number of daily death reports [ 25 ]. Moreover, whereas the most common source type for COVID-19 information seeking online was media outlets followed by governmental sources, governmental sources were the most likely to meet medical benchmark criteria for quality [ 26 ].…”

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Content and Dynamics of Websites Shared Over Vaccine-Related Tweets in COVID-19 Conversations: Computational Analysis

Cruickshank¹,

Ginossar²,

Sulskis³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent “infodemic” increased concerns about Twitter’s role in advancing antivaccination messages, even before a vaccine became available to the public. New computational methods allow for analysis of cross-platform use by tracking links to websites shared over Twitter, which, in turn, can uncover some of the content and dynamics of information sources and agenda-setting processes. Such understanding can advance theory and efforts to reduce misinformation. Objective Informed by agenda-setting theory, this study aimed to identify the content and temporal patterns of websites shared in vaccine-related tweets posted to COVID-19 conversations on Twitter between February and June 2020. Methods We used triangulation of data analysis methods. Data mining consisted of the screening of around 5 million tweets posted to COVID-19 conversations to identify tweets that related to vaccination and including links to websites shared within these tweets. We further analyzed the content the 20 most-shared external websites using a mixed methods approach. Results Of 841,896 vaccination-related tweets identified, 185,994 (22.1%) contained links to specific websites. A wide range of websites were shared, with the 20 most-tweeted websites constituting 14.5% (27,060/185,994) of the shared websites and typically being shared for only 2 to 3 days. Traditional media constituted the majority of these 20 websites, along with other social media and governmental sources. We identified markers of inauthentic propagation for some of these links. Conclusions The topic of vaccination was prevalent in tweets about COVID-19 early in the pandemic. Sharing websites was a common communication strategy, and its “bursty” pattern and inauthentic propagation strategies pose challenges for health promotion efforts. Future studies should consider cross-platform use in dissemination of health information and in counteracting misinformation.

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Content and Dynamics of Websites Shared Over Vaccine-Related Tweets in COVID-19 Conversations: Computational Analysis

Cruickshank¹,

Ginossar²,

Sulskis³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…By collecting the data from different countries, Perrota et al (2021) found that reduced transportation usage was found to be the most frequently reported behavior based on a survey with Facebook users, with estimates ranging from 67% in the Netherlands to 82% in Spain. Ophir et al (2021) found that different media frames were associated with mobility changes in Italy. Huang et al (2020) found that Twitter activities may be used to signal mobility dynamics and evaluate the effectiveness of containment measures during the pandemic.…”

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“…They also found that high-risk groups are more likely to trust the information from TV for COVID-19-related news. The outlets of legacy media are often accompanied by media frames, Ophir et al (2021) found that different media frames, which focused on social, political, and economic issues, were associated with increased mobility. Although people like to seek news from traditional media, Liu et al (2020) found that legacy media news reports in China lagged behind the spread of COVID-19 in the early stage of the outbreak.…”

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A systematic literature review of individual-level psychological and behavioral responses to the health information of COVID-19 from social media and legacy media

Zhai

Jian

Zhang

et al. 2021

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Covid-19 has been recognized as a terrifying global health threat since its detection, with far-reaching consequences that are unprecedented in the modern era. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, social media and legacy media have collectively delivered health information related to COVID-19 to the public as a catalyst to community perception of risk. However, the existing literature exhibits different viewpoints toward the role of social media and legacy media in disseminating health information of COVID-19. In this regard, this article conducted a systematic literature review to provide an overview of the current state of research concerning individuals-level psychological and behavioral response to COVID-19 related information from different sources, as well as presents the challenges and future research directions.

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“…The course of events during the outbreak of COVID-19 has illustrated that it is important that the general public perceives the seriousness of the crisis. Information delivery is crucial and can encourage and motivate responsible behaviour (WHO 2020;Ophir et al 2021).…”

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“…For example, a study of the media coverage of H1N1 (commonly referred to as the swine flu) emphasising risks was found to increase the public's level of knowledge, which led to engagement in preventative measures (Zhang et al 2015). Moreover, a recent study on the media coverage of COVID-19 in Italy illustrates how a "containment frame" which focused on the seriousness of the disease and on topics such as quarantine, online schooling and suspension of sporting events, appears to have quickly led to a decrease in overall mobility and increased the time spent at home (Ophir et al 2021).…”

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Framing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Icelandic media: What were the key concerns and who could raise them?

Gylfadóttir¹,

Ólafsson²,

Ólafsdóttir³

2021

irpa

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The worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of reliable and relevant information dissemination. How well a crisis like COVID-19 is handled depends, in many ways, on how the public perceives the crisis and risks related to it, through the media. Therefore, how the situation is framed, what are seen as key issues, and who is perceived to be in charge, can have implications for the outcome. This article analyses Icelandic news media content about COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic by using theories of agenda-setting and framing. The objective is to examine how the pandemic was framed, which topics were highlighted and who was given a voice in the media. We specifically investigate what kind of leadership was present during the earliest stages of the pandemic. Using content analysis, we examined media content about COVID-19 from 21 Icelandic media outlets from January 1st to March 31st, 2020. Our conclusions show that from the start of the pandemic, health related subjects, such as disease prevention, COVID-19 statistics and the health care system were salient in the media, though tourism and economic factors were also quite prominent. Furthermore, experts were at the helm of communication whilst politicians remained more in the background. The dissemination of instructions and rules illuminates the relationship between the experts and politicians, as the experts were given a voice in the media to communicate such information. The politicians, however, directly cited the experts, thanked them or endorsed them, when they spoke on instructions and rules in the media.

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The Framing of COVID-19 in Italian Media and Its Relationship with Community Mobility: A Mixed-Method Approach

Cited by 48 publications

References 51 publications

Content and Dynamics of Websites Shared Over Vaccine-Related Tweets in COVID-19 Conversations: Computational Analysis

Content and Dynamics of Websites Shared Over Vaccine-Related Tweets in COVID-19 Conversations: Computational Analysis

A systematic literature review of individual-level psychological and behavioral responses to the health information of COVID-19 from social media and legacy media

Framing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Icelandic media: What were the key concerns and who could raise them?

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