Gong, Jiankun and Firdaus, Amira (2024) Is the Pandemic a Boon or a Bane? News Media Coverage of COVID-19 in China Daily. Journalism Practice, 18 (3). pp. 621-641. ISSN 1751-2786, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2043766.
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During the current worldwide pandemic, media coverage of COVID-19 influenced popular perceptions and provided guidance on how to deal with the crisis. However, prior research may have been limited by a singular approach and the portrayal of COVID-19 in mainstream newspapers in China has not been fully explored. This study utilised mixed-methods research, incorporating automated analysis (n = 308 articles) and manual (n = 52 articles) thematic analysis to unravel and illustrate the prominent topics and themes in China Daily. The results showed that although China Daily initially depicted COVID-19 as a ``bane'', it has since portrayed it as a relative ``boon.'' Positive themes were identified, like prosociality, cooperation, pandemic recovery and informativeness, while themes of political tension emerged, like Occidentalism. The current study advances our understanding of COVID-19 news representations by harnessing mixed-methods research, which reduces subjective bias and offers a more complete picture. Moreover, it is significant in helping to understand journalistic practice and how China, a state-controlled and ideology-dominated mediascape, has depicted COVID-19 while facing international stigma, conspiracy and blame.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | News coverage; COVID-19; Collectivism; China mediascape; journalism practice; computational analysis |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Media and Communication Studies |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2024 02:46 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2024 02:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46103 |
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