Understanding the Present Through the Past: A Comparison of Spanish News Coverage of the 1918 Flu and COVID-19 Pandemics
Authors
Edwards, Samantha N
Publication Date
2022-03Journal Title
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
ISSN
1077-6990
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
99
Issue
1
Pages
12-43
Language
en
Type
Article
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Edwards, S. N. (2022). Understanding the Present Through the Past: A Comparison of Spanish News Coverage of the 1918 Flu and COVID-19 Pandemics. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99 (1), 12-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211061762
Abstract
<jats:p> Through a comparative analysis of Spanish newspaper coverage of the 1918 flu and COVID-19 pandemics, this article explores the parallels between them, their roles in reflecting and facilitating public perceptions of infectious diseases, the national dialogues they incite, and the search for solutions in a global health crisis. I use qualitative analysis to interpret media themes of contagion as they shift from societal complacency to panic as disaster unfolds. In weaving together Philip Strong’s model for epidemic psychology and Jim A. Kuypers’s rhetorical approach to news framing, I analyze how newspapers communicate changing assumptions about epidemiologic risks during pandemics. </jats:p>
Keywords
COVID-19 and Health Communication, pandemics and society, Spanish flu and COVID-19, rhetorical criticism, news framing, journalism history
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10.1177_10776990211061762
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211061762
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333964
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