Our issue or their issue? Media coverage and framing of the Zika virus epidemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7750684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Jamieson (0000-0002-2716-5476, Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration University of Nebraska at Omaha United States, corresponding author), Juve J Cortés-Rivera (0000-0001-5464-0247, Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Juve J Cortés Rivera (Visiting Scholar Pablo De Olavide University Seville Spain) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 677-699 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12497 |
| PMID | 34197015 |
| OpenAlex | W3177368895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 58 |
How does the news media respond to health emergencies abroad? Between 2015 and 2018, Zika virus spread rapidly throughout Latin America before arriving in the continental United States. Despite the risks to adults and newborns, it is unclear how media coverage developed and framed the threat for its audience. In this paper, we argue that while the frequency of coverage was responsive to infections, its content failed to promote proactive health behaviour. To assess these claims, we analyse each of 442 articles dealing with Zika virus published by The New York Times from 2015–18. We find that the amount of coverage reflected infections but did not change once the disease emerged in the US. Furthermore, content analysis using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software reveals that coverage emphasised differences between communities (those affected and those at home) and that present and past time orientations dominated coverage as opposed to future time orientations
Content analysis · Environmental health · Framing (construction · Geography · Latin Americans · Media coverage · Media studies · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Virus · Zika virus · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |