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News frames in the coverage of Emerging Infectious Disease

  • Health Communication Research
  • 2020, 19(2), pp.61-125
  • DOI : 10.24172/hcr.2020.19.2.61
  • Publisher : Korea Health Communication Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Journalism and Broadcasting > Communication
  • Received : October 31, 2020
  • Accepted : December 18, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

Park Esuri 1

1서울대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study is an attempt to find the role of the media in coping with the health crisis in the community by exploring the use of the frame. Using the concept of ‘collective action frame’ in Social movement theory, this study investigates text and visual information covering Emerging Infectious Diseases(EIDs) news of Korean daily newspapers. The results show that the Korean media emphasized the most on the diagnosis frame that conveys the status quotes such as spread the virus and confirmed cases of EIDs. Information related to the prevention, that is the prognosis frame and motivational frame for inducing participation, cooperation, and support of the public were minimal. These results point out that the coverage of the Korean newspapers in response to the outbreak of EIDs tends to be conveyed only simple information. Besides, the results of observation whether the media differ in the composition of social meaning through frames according to the stages in which EIDs spreads socially were not different. In the conclusion, the study proposes the future use of collective action frame.

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