Abstract
COVID-19 is lasting longer than expected, which has a huge impact on the economy and on personal life. Each country has a different response method, and the damage scale is also distinct. This study aims to find out how COVID-19-related news was handled in the domestic media to seek ways to minimize the pandemic. The paper focuses on the number of news features by period and by disaster and analyzes related words based on big data. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, in the initial response phase, keywords to identify accurate sources of actual broadcast contents, fake news, social networking service (SNS), etc. were also ranked in the top 20. Second, in the active response phase, when the number of confirmed persons and the government’s countermeasures were announced, more than 100 COVID-19-related articles were issued, and the related words increased rapidly from the initial response stage. Therefore, the fact that COVID-19 has been expressed as a keyword indicates that our society is watching with great interest in the government’s response to the disease.
Highlights
IntroductionSince the 35-year-old woman of Chinese nationality who arrived in Wuhan city, China, on January20 was found as the first confirmed case, the number of newly infected coronavirus infections in Korea (hereinafter referred to as COVID-19) is growing scary
Since the 35-year-old woman of Chinese nationality who arrived in Wuhan city, China, on January20 was found as the first confirmed case, the number of newly infected coronavirus infections in Korea is growing scary
Keyword trends were analyzed based on media reports related to COVID-19 using big data analysis
Summary
Since the 35-year-old woman of Chinese nationality who arrived in Wuhan city, China, on January20 was found as the first confirmed case, the number of newly infected coronavirus infections in Korea (hereinafter referred to as COVID-19) is growing scary. On February 26, about a week later, the number of confirmed patients surpassed. Countries try to take effective measures to combat the pandemic; prevent the spread; decrease the risk of infection; restore the economy, protect the society, and preserve the environments; and make up for the losses caused during the global epidemic [1,2]. In this kind of the pandemic situation, many nations have the capacity to cope with tangible and intangible risks resulting from the virus and take appropriate the prevention measures [2]
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