Framing Covid-19 reporting in the Macau Daily News using metaphors and gain/loss prospects: a war for collective gains

Abstract This study investigates the use of metaphors and the prospect of gain/loss conveyed in the coverage of the pandemic in a leading conventional news outlet in Macau. We discovered that war metaphors have predominantly been used in reports in the Macau Daily News, and have identified three set...

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Main Authors: Vincent X. Wang, Xi Chen, Lily Lim, Chu-Ren Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-08-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01994-3