scholarly journals Media Agenda and Press Conferences on COVID-19 in Mexico: An Analysis of Journalists’ Questions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12067
Author(s):  
Julio C. Aguila Sánchez ◽  
Ninón Llano Guibarra ◽  
Pamela Pereyra-Zamora
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Attribution Of Responsibility ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen health communication in times of crisis. This study aims to analyze the media agenda of press conferences on COVID-19 in Mexico during the first two phases of the pandemic, based on journalists’ questions. The study is based on framing theory. The method used was content analysis from a quantitative perspective. This method was explicitly applied to the final section of the conferences, which dealt with “questions from the press.” The results show that at the beginning of the pandemic, the press was more interested in the government’s management of the health crisis than in issues such as the prevention of the disease itself or the economic impact of the crisis on the country. Moreover, the main characteristic of the questions was that they were generally socially relevant. In conclusion, we found that in the media agenda of the Mexican conference, the frame of attribution of responsibility was prominent but in combination with the frames of conflict, human interest, morality, and economic consequences.

The Media Agenda

2019 ◽  
pp. 271-281
Author(s):  
Rens Vliegenthart ◽  
Stefaan Walgrave
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
International Context ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
Western European ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Studies

This chapter discusses what role the media agenda has played in (comparative) agenda research. Studies into the characteristics of the media agenda demonstrate that, compared to other agendas, the media agenda is characterized by high levels of responsiveness and volatility and that various outlets that jointly constitute the agenda strongly influence each other. In recent years, a vast amount of research has considered the impact of the media agenda on the parliamentary agenda (political agenda-setting) and how the size of this impact depends on a wide variety of contingent factors. Our empirical example uncovers considerable overlap in media agendas across various Western European countries, reflecting the importance of the international context in the construction of news.

scholarly journals Curación de contenidos científicos en tiempos de fake science y Covid-19: una aproximación entre las ciencias de la información y la comunicación

2020 ◽  
pp. 281-289
Author(s):  
Alexandre López-Borrull ◽  
Candela Ollé
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
One Step ◽  
The Media ◽  
False News ◽  
The Impact

Content curation as a method of tackling misinformation offers some obvious advantages when generating value-added content that can help to reduce the impact and damage that false news can cause. If this takes place with specialized, e.g., scientific, information, it has even greater value. In these times of infodemic as defined by the WHO as part of the health crisis, the need for accurate and timely information may be more important than ever. Research is presented on the type of processes and which actors can help in the verification and filtering of unwanted information. The role that the media, verifiers, and social networks have in this process has been studied. The results point to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to scientific disinformation. Likewise, it is considered appropriate to work not only with a verification viewpoint (which could be more or less covered by peer review), but also to understand that to reverse false content it is necessary to go one step further by selecting and creating high-quality content and trying to counter false information. Resumen La curación de contenidos como método de trabajo ante la desinformación presenta algunas ventajas evidentes cuando se generan contenidos de valor añadido que pueden ayudar a remitir el impacto y daño que una noticia falsa puede llevar a cabo. Si ello tiene lugar con una información especializada como la científica tiene un mayor valor. En estos momentos de infodemia como define la OMS parte de la crisis sanitaria, la necesidad de información veraz y oportunamente divulgada puede ser más importante que nunca. Se presenta la investigación sobre qué tipo de procesos y qué actores pueden ayudar en los procesos de verificación y filtro de información no deseada. Se ha estudiado el papel que los medios de comunicación, los verificadores y las redes sociales tienen en este proceso. Los resultados apuntan a que se vislumbra la necesidad de una aproximación interdisciplinar a la desinformación científica. Asimismo, se estima oportuno trabajar no solamente con una visión de verificación (que podría estar más o menos cubierta por el peer-review), sino por entender que para revertir contenido falso es necesario dar un paso más, seleccionar y crear contenidos de calidad y intentar contrarrestar la información falsa.

The Media Sounds the Alarm

Toxic Shock ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 77-110
Author(s):  
Sharra L. Vostral
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Toxic Shock Syndrome ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Federal Communication Commission ◽  
Toxic Shock ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medical Identification

Following the medical identification of tampon-related toxic shock syndrome (TSS), there was an urgent need to alert the hundreds of thousands of women using tampons and superabsorbent tampons that the products were potentially dangerous and deadly. Disseminating a message of risk challenged status quo journalistic practices, and chapter 3 examines the media coverage of a health crisis centered upon women’s reproductive health and menstrual management practices. The press had to figure out a way to talk about TSS in overly simplistic terms, in an era when the Federal Communication Commission only recently allowed feminine hygiene sprays, and then sanitary napkins and pads, to be advertised on television. Journalistic reports helped to disseminate messages and warnings about TSS and tampons, and also announce the recall of Rely—the tampon with the highest incidence of TSS—produced by Procter & Gamble. This contributed to a sense that the problem had been solved, but other superabsorbent tampons remained on the market and TSS was not eliminated.

Mediatization in Pakistan: Perceptions of media influence on a fragile democracy

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 934-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Pintak ◽  
Brian J Bowe ◽  
Syed Javed Nazir
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Theory ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
Policy Community ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Impact

A survey of Pakistani journalists, members of the policy community and media academics found that the mediatization of Pakistan is having a mixed effect on the stability of the country’s fragile democracy. Members of the policy community generally have a more positive view of the impact of the media on Pakistani society than those who work in the profession and say they take media reaction into account before making decisions, although all groups said the media are still unable to fulfill its watchdog role without fear of retribution. The results are in line with studies in the developed world that found that the more politicians believe in a stronger media effect, the more susceptible they become to media agenda setting. The findings also bolster the ‘co-evolution’ theory that argues media gain influence as democracy stabilizes in post-autocratic environments.

scholarly journals Elections, news cycles, and attention to disasters

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace Forbes Bright ◽  
Braden Bagley
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Baton Rouge ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Political elections, especially presidential elections, have a tendency to overshadow other events, including disasters. Response to disasters during elections, such as Hurricane Matthew and the Baton Rouge flooding in 2016, are often dependent on attention given to them from the media, as well as prominent political figures and political candidates candidates. The purpose of this paper is to explore how election cycles affect government response to disasters and ultimately demonstrate the dependency of crisis communication on media agenda-setting for presenting saliency of disaster risk and needs. Design/methodology/approach Responses from presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, as well as President Barack Obama, in regards to the Baton Rouge flooding and Hurricane Matthew, were observed using media reports and social media accounts. These results were matched with key events from the presidential election timeline. Findings There is a positive relationship between news exposure and attention, and also between attention and civic response. In regards to the 2016 presidential election, news coverage of the release of the Donald Trump-Billy Bush tape distracted national attention from the approach, landfall, and recovery of Hurricane Matthew. Information subsidies provided by the candidates directed the media agenda away from the needs of the communities and individuals impacted by these disasters. Originality/value Disasters are often assumed to be value-free because they are “blind to politics.” Here, it is argued that this was not the case in relation to these two disasters. Thus, the authors encouraged more research be conducted to clarify the impact that political elections have on strategic news coverage of disasters and ultimately on disaster response.

scholarly journals The demands made to the RAE about sexism in the dictionary: The impact of media discourse

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Guerrero Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Point Of Reference ◽  
Linguistic Attitudes

The press and social networks constitute the most recurrent platform for debate on the subject of “women and language”. The media discourse on this subject covers many aspects that have not yet been addressed in depth, including the discourse that is generated when the academic dictionary is taken as a point of reference. This article analyses sexism (or not) of some definitions in the dictionary through a press corpus obtained from the Hemeroteca Virtual de las Lenguas de España (HEVILE), which has allowed us, in the first place, to catalogue the words and definitions related to women which have been news in recent years and, therefore, the object of debate; secondly, to verify the beliefs and linguistic attitudes regarding the role of the Academy and its dictionary in society; and, finally, to decide what effects the debate generated (especially through social networks) on the latest changes carried out in some of these definitions.

scholarly journals Meredupnya Media Cetak, Dampak Kemajuan Teknologi Informasi

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Budi Arista Romadhoni
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Online Media ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
Technology And Communication ◽  
The Impact

The closing of national and international print media is the impact of technological development today. Print media is faced with the high cost of production and the change of society using mass media to seek information. Invention Information technology and communication that allows all forms of information to digital create a major impact on the media, especially print media. Online media provides a new color for the press and news readers, the news is fast, easy to access, and cheap. Media that can not keep up with technology will be closed.

scholarly journals Crisis política y “aparición” de las masas (1950-1970) [Artículo evaluado por pares]

2018 ◽  
pp. 235-249
Author(s):  
Isabel Wschebor
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Political Action ◽  
New Members ◽  
Television Broadcasting ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Action Models ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
New Strategies

ResumenEn el siguiente artículo se estudian diferentes factores que dan cuenta de la reaparición del concepto “masas” en el discurso público entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970 en Uruguay. El primero de ellos está relacionado con un realineamiento de diversos sectores y tendencias políticas dentro de los partidos tradicionales, tras el agotamiento de los modelos de acción política desarrollados en el período previo. Y el segundo, está asociado a una nueva utilización del término en el abanico de los partidos de izquierda. Globalmente, se trató de estrategias de captación de nuevas adhesiones, con el objetivo de legitimar nuevos proyectos políticos de respuesta a las modalidades de actuación tradicional, así como a la crisis económica. Se repasa también la incidencia que tuvo el desarrollo de los medios de comunicación —expansión de la prensa, generalización de la radio e inicios de la transmisión televisiva— como vía privilegiada de propagación de mensajes que debían reproducirse a un público extendido. Las nuevas estrategias de adhesión social por parte de la política y el uso de los medios de comunicación para ello, son analizados como síntomas del ingreso de una sociedad en las lógicas de la modernidad. Palabras claveMasas; Acción política; Medios de comunicación AbstractThe following article studies the different factors that show for the reappearance of the concept “masses” in public discourse between the 1950s and 1970s in Uruguay. The first of them is related to a realignment of different sectors and political tendencies within the traditional parties, after the exhaustion of the political action models developed in the previous period. And the second one, is associated with a new use of the term in the range of left parties. Globally, these were strategies for attracting new members, with the aim of legitimizing new political projects in response to the traditional methods of action, as well as the economic crisis. It also reviews the impact of the development of the media -expansion of the press, generalization of radio and the beginning of television broadcasting- as a privileged way of propagating messages that should be reproduced to an extended public. The new strategies of social adhesion on the part of the policy and the use of the means of communication for it, are analyzed as symptoms of the entrance of a society in the logic of the modernity. Key WordsMasses; Political action; Mass media  

scholarly journals The Representation of Roma in the Romanian Media During COVID-19: Performing Control Through Discursive-Performative Repertoires

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionut Chiruta
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Town

This article investigates the narratives employed by the Romanian media in covering the development of COVID-19 in Roma communities in Romania. This paper aims to contribute to academic literature on Romani studies, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, by adopting as its case study the town of Ţăndărei, a small town in the south of Romania, which in early 2020 was widely reported by Romanian media during both the pre- and post-quarantine period. The contributions rest on anchoring the study in post-foundational theory and media studies to understand the performativity of Roma identity and the discursive-performative practices of control employed by the Romania media in the first half of 2020. Aroused by the influx of ethnic Romani returning from Western Europe, the Romanian mainstream media expanded its coverage through sensationalist narratives and depictions of lawlessness and criminality. These branded the ethnic minority as a scapegoat for the spreading of the virus. Relying on critical social theory, this study attempts to understand how Roma have been portrayed during the Coronavirus crisis. Simultaneously, this paper resonates with current Roma theories about media discourses maintaining and reinforcing a sense of marginality for Roma communities. To understand the dynamics of Romanian media discourses, this study employs NVivo software tools and language-in-use discourse analysis to examine the headlines and sub headlines of approximately 300 articles that have covered COVID-19 developments in Roma communities between February and July 2020. The findings from the study indicate that the media first focused on exploiting the sensationalism of the episodes involving Roma. Second, the media employed a logic of polarization to assist the authorities in retaking control of the pandemic and health crisis from Romania. The impact of the current study underlines the need to pay close attention to the dynamics of crises when activating historical patterns of stigma vis-à-vis Roma communities in Eastern Europe.

scholarly journals The Right of Privacy and Freedom of the Press: The Concept of Legal Justice in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Abdul Haris Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Freedom Of The Press ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Moral Sanction ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right Of Privacy ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to describe the problems faced by the party who feels aggrieved or impaired by his personal rights due to media coverage. The dilemma arises because based on the legal system of the press, the media are given protection from lawsuits. This is to guarantee the position of freedom of the press in a democratic system. However, the impact that has been caused due to defamation cannot be resolved simply by using the right of reply. This study aims to explore how legal mechanisms provide justice for victims due to media behavior in line with the principle of press freedom in Indonesia. The results show that the Indonesian Press Law does not have a clear system of legal liability. The rule of conduct in the Press Law is absolutely not regulated. Thus, the right of reply that is contained in the media consciousness or "order" of the Press Council is not a binding and final decision because the Press Council's body only gives an opinion. Violation of the ethics of the press should not only have a moral sanction but also a legal sanction with all its consequences.

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