Moving from the press coverage of the H1N1 virus in 2009/2010 to the more recent spread of the notorious COVID-19 (in Section 2 and 3) - which have both has resulted in a global infodemic - this paper investigates both a UK tabloid, The Sun, and a website, Worldometer, in order to demonstrate that in a few years that, due to the ever-increasing evolution of technologies, seeking health-related information and exchanging effective information have undergone changes that go hand in hand with digital evolution and have massively moved from the press to online sources. The investigation intends to show how communication strategies about the two viruses diachronically changed, and how this change may also affect the reliability of the news itself.
In Media stat Virus. Analysing pandemic communication strategies from the press to websites / Cavaliere, Flavia; Palmitesta, Guido. - (2021), pp. 173-189.
In Media stat Virus. Analysing pandemic communication strategies from the press to websites
Flavia Cavaliere
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
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2021
Abstract
Moving from the press coverage of the H1N1 virus in 2009/2010 to the more recent spread of the notorious COVID-19 (in Section 2 and 3) - which have both has resulted in a global infodemic - this paper investigates both a UK tabloid, The Sun, and a website, Worldometer, in order to demonstrate that in a few years that, due to the ever-increasing evolution of technologies, seeking health-related information and exchanging effective information have undergone changes that go hand in hand with digital evolution and have massively moved from the press to online sources. The investigation intends to show how communication strategies about the two viruses diachronically changed, and how this change may also affect the reliability of the news itself.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.