Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland
Objectives: The goal of this study is to map the share of COVID-related news articles over time, to investigate key subtopics and their evolution throughout the pandemic, and to identify key actors and their relationship with different aspects of the discourse around the pandemic.Methods: This study...
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| author | Alexander Ort Tobias Rohrbach Tobias Rohrbach Nicola Diviani Nicola Diviani Sara Rubinelli Sara Rubinelli |
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| description | Objectives: The goal of this study is to map the share of COVID-related news articles over time, to investigate key subtopics and their evolution throughout the pandemic, and to identify key actors and their relationship with different aspects of the discourse around the pandemic.Methods: This study uses a large-scale automated content analysis to conduct a within-country comparison of news articles (N = 1,171,114) from two language regions of Switzerland during the first 18 months of the pandemic.Results: News media coverage of the pandemic largely mirrors key epidemiological developments in terms of the volume and content of coverage. Key actors in COVID-related reporting tend to be included in news articles that relate to their respective area of expertise.Conclusion: Balanced news coverage of the pandemic facilitates effective dissemination of pandemic-related information by health authorities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b59d3a8b7af46a6b5cc65cefbe408532023-01-04T04:11:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642023-01-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16052401605240Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in SwitzerlandAlexander Ort0Tobias Rohrbach1Tobias Rohrbach2Nicola Diviani3Nicola Diviani4Sara Rubinelli5Sara Rubinelli6Department Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, SwitzerlandDepartment Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Communication and Media Research, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, SwitzerlandDepartment Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, SwitzerlandSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, SwitzerlandDepartment Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, SwitzerlandSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, SwitzerlandObjectives: The goal of this study is to map the share of COVID-related news articles over time, to investigate key subtopics and their evolution throughout the pandemic, and to identify key actors and their relationship with different aspects of the discourse around the pandemic.Methods: This study uses a large-scale automated content analysis to conduct a within-country comparison of news articles (N = 1,171,114) from two language regions of Switzerland during the first 18 months of the pandemic.Results: News media coverage of the pandemic largely mirrors key epidemiological developments in terms of the volume and content of coverage. Key actors in COVID-related reporting tend to be included in news articles that relate to their respective area of expertise.Conclusion: Balanced news coverage of the pandemic facilitates effective dissemination of pandemic-related information by health authorities.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605240/fullcoronaviruspandemiccrisis communicationmedia coverageautomated content analysisstructural topic model |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Ort Tobias Rohrbach Tobias Rohrbach Nicola Diviani Nicola Diviani Sara Rubinelli Sara Rubinelli Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland International Journal of Public Health coronavirus pandemic crisis communication media coverage automated content analysis structural topic model |
| title | Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland |
| title_full | Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland |
| title_fullStr | Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland |
| title_short | Covering the Crisis: Evolution of Key Topics and Actors in COVID-19 News Coverage in Switzerland |
| title_sort | covering the crisis evolution of key topics and actors in covid 19 news coverage in switzerland |
| topic | coronavirus pandemic crisis communication media coverage automated content analysis structural topic model |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605240/full |
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