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@article{ART002522978},
author={Se Hyeon Han and Hae Lim Eom},
title={An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea},
journal={Crisisonomy},
issn={2466-1198},
year={2019},
volume={15},
number={10},
pages={157-172},
doi={10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157}

TY - JOUR
AU - Se Hyeon Han
AU - Hae Lim Eom
TI - An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea
JO - Crisisonomy
PY - 2019
VL - 15
IS - 10
PB - Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
SP - 157
EP - 172
SN - 2466-1198
AB - Since 2008, South Korea has seen controversy over the risk of mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE]) and its potential to lead to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. National news organizations have covered the topic differently according to their ideological positions. This study sought to quantify these differences focusing on the five key BSE-related issues covered by the media as follows: 1) possibility of confusion between vCJD and degenerative brain disease, 2) vCJD incidence in humans, 3) risk of vCJD infection from eating beef from cattle aged 30 months or older, 4) scope of specified risk, and 5) vulnerability of South Koreans to BSE infection. Based on the analysis of media reports on each issue, we found that the progressive media tended to emphasize the risks of BSE more than the conservative media who promoted views opposing those of the progressive media. National public broadcasting companies tended to take a neutral position. Despite the scientific findings on each issue mentioned above, the South Korean press has failed to provide them to the public unbiasedly. We identified the need to reduce politicization and promote scientific approach in media coverage of the issues of mad cow disease in South Korea.
KW - bovine spongiform encephalopathy;mad cow disease controversy;degenerative brain disease;Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infection risk;newspaper agendas;media coverage
DO - 10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157
ER -

Se Hyeon Han and Hae Lim Eom. (2019). An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea. Crisisonomy, 15(10), 157-172.

Se Hyeon Han and Hae Lim Eom. 2019, "An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea", Crisisonomy, vol.15, no.10 pp.157-172. Available from: doi:10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han, Hae Lim Eom "An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea" Crisisonomy 15.10 pp.157-172 (2019) : 157.

Se Hyeon Han, Hae Lim Eom. An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea. 2019; 15(10), 157-172. Available from: doi:10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han and Hae Lim Eom. "An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea" Crisisonomy 15, no.10 (2019) : 157-172.doi: 10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han; Hae Lim Eom. An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea. Crisisonomy, 15(10), 157-172. doi: 10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han; Hae Lim Eom. An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea. Crisisonomy. 2019; 15(10) 157-172. doi: 10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han, Hae Lim Eom. An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea. 2019; 15(10), 157-172. Available from: doi:10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157

Se Hyeon Han and Hae Lim Eom. "An Analysis of Media Reports on Key Issues of Mad Cow Disease in South Korea" Crisisonomy 15, no.10 (2019) : 157-172.doi: 10.14251/crisisonomy.2019.15.10.157