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Africa and the Covid-19 Information Framing Crisis
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Africa faces a double Covid-19 crisis. At once it is a crisis of the pandemic, at another an information framing crisis. This article argues that public health messaging about the pandemic is complicated by a competing mix of framings by a number of actors including the state, the Church, civil soci... mehr
Africa faces a double Covid-19 crisis. At once it is a crisis of the pandemic, at another an information framing crisis. This article argues that public health messaging about the pandemic is complicated by a competing mix of framings by a number of actors including the state, the Church, civil society and the public, all fighting for legitimacy. The article explores some of these divergences in the interpretation of the disease and how they have given rise to multiple narratives about the pandemic, particularly online. It concludes that while different perspectives and or interpretations of a crisis is not necessarily wrong, where these detract from the crisis itself and become a contestation of individual and or sector interests, they birth a new crisis. This is the new crisis facing the continent in relation to the pandemic.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Afrika; Journalismus; Gesundheitswesen; Informationspolitik; Nachrichten
Klassifikation
Medienpolitik, Informationspolitik, Medienrecht
Freie Schlagwörter
Coronavirus; Covid-19; crisis; health journalism; misinformation; news framing
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 440-443
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 8 (2020) 2
Heftthema
Health and Science Controversies in the Digital World: News, Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagement
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet