Abstract
Media Framing on Covid-19 Pandemic in Malaysian and Indonesian Newspapers
Highlights
The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus has received extensive media coverage that can tell us how uncertainty in the face of such an epidemic can all too breed fear
It is relevant to examine the characteristics of media coverage, as it influences public perception of risks, and this study aims to find out which frames are dominant in Indonesian and Malaysian newspapers
This study attempts to answer three research questions which include the mainframes used by Indonesian and Malaysian newspapers in reporting the Corona pandemic, the share of each frame, and the metaphors used in the newspapers
Summary
The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus has received extensive media coverage that can tell us how uncertainty in the face of such an epidemic can all too breed fear. Media coverage sets the agenda for public debate. Research has consistently shown that when issues receive extensive media coverage and are prominent in the news agenda, they come to be seen as more important by members of the public. The Corona outbreak has been much more prominent in media coverage than other recent epidemics, including Ebola. A Time Magazine study has shown that there were 23 times more articles in English-language printed news covering the coronavirus outbreak in its first month compared to the same period for the Ebola epidemic in 2018 (Ducharme, 2020)
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