A topic among others—examining the attention dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic through interviews with Finnish journalists

Harjuniemi, Timo

doi:10.1177/14648849221138431

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“…As the media competes for attention, they adapt to the mood and report less or differently on topics in which society has lost interest. Changes during the pandemic have an impact on the attention the pandemic receives from media and therefore issue fatigue contribute to the pandemic's decreased newsworthiness (60). The interaction between issue fatigue and corona fatigue is described very well in a study of young adults (61).…”

Section: Corona Fatiguementioning

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Predictors of adherence in Austrian employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an online survey

Avian,

Könczöl,

Kubicek

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSince the beginning of the pandemic in December 2019, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a significant challenge to health care systems throughout the world. The introduction of measures to reduce the incidence of infection had a significant impact on the workplace. Overall, companies played a key and adaptive role in coping with the pandemic.MethodsCross-sectional data from an online-survey of 1,183 employees conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2021 in Austria were used in the analyses. The influence of health beliefs (e.g., perceived severity), modifying factors (e.g., age) and time-dependent factors (e.g., corona fatigue) on individual adherence were evaluated. The conception of the questionnaire was based on the health belief model.ResultsThe majority of respondents were female (58.3%), worked in companies with more than 250 employees (56.6%) and had been to an academic secondary school or had a university degree (58.3%). Overall, employees were adherent to most of the measures at their company (>80%), except for wearing FFP-2 masks when they were travelling in a car with coworkers (59.3, 95%CI 51.3–66.7%). Overall adherence was associated with high ratings for the meaningfulness of testing (OR: 2.06 95%CI: 1.00–4.22; p = 0.049), the extent to which social norms govern behavior (OR: 6.61 95%CI: 4.66–9.36; p < 0.001), lower perceived difficulties associated with the adoption of health-promoting measures (OR: 0.37 95%CI: 0.16–0.82; p = 0.015) and lower corona fatigue (OR: 0.23 95%CI: 0.10–0.52; p < 0.001). Adherence to four single measures was influenced by different predictors. The most important predictors (important for the adherence to three out of four single measures) were social norms and corona fatigue.ConclusionThe importance attached to testing and social norms, as well as lower perceived barriers to health-promoting measures and low levels of corona fatigue all increase overall adherence to Covid-19 protective measures in companies. Strategies to improve adherence should be adapted depending on the aim (to raise overall adherence or adherence to individual measures) and on the group of persons that is being targeted.

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Section: Corona Fatiguementioning

confidence: 92%

Predictors of adherence in Austrian employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an online survey

Avian,

Könczöl,

Kubicek

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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“…Pandemia lakkasi kiinnostamasta viimeistään silloin, kun median kirkas valokeila alkoi kohdistua muihin aiheisiin. Keväällä 2022 koronapandemia siivottiin verkkolehtien etusivuilta geopoliittisten riskien ja Ukrainan sotaan liittyvien seurantaartikkelien tieltä (Harjuniemi 2023).…”

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Monikriisissä media kalibroi kansalaisen kriisitietoisuutta ja riskinottohalukkuutta

Harjuniemi

2024

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Monikriisissä riski, kriisi tai hätätila muuttuu olemisen oletusasetukseksi, ja media toimii – tärkeää kyllä – kansalaisen ja riskin välisenä kosketuspintana. Kuvat päässämme ovat yhä useammin erilaisia hätätila- ja katastrofiskenaarioita, joille altistumme mediasisältöjen kautta. Monikriisiä elävän kansalaisen päivät täyttyvät alati päivittyvien mediasyötteiden selailusta. Syötteiden välittämät uutiset ovat usein huonoja ja vaativat kansalaista pohtimaan omaa riskinsietotasoaan: pitäisikö vaihtaa sähkösopimus pörssisähköksi vai puoltaako päivän markkinahinta kiinteän sopimuksen solmimista? Entä uskallanko lähteä ulos tai ravintolaan hengittämään viruspartikkelien täyttämää ilmaa?

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“Glorified Minute Takers”: Journalists’ (Mis)handling of Scientific Uncertainty During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mesmer,

Jahng,

Wurm

et al. 2024

Science Communication

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This study examined how journalists handled scientific uncertainty in their reporting of the COVID-19 pandemic. We performed interviews with U.S. journalists who reported on the entirety of the COVID-19 pandemic and a content analysis of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine pause as one discrete scientific event during the pandemic. Results showed journalists were largely parroting public health officials instead of engaging in critical reporting, interrogating, and/or explaining the science associated with COVID-19. There was a lack of emphasis on uncertainty, indicating the need for a stronger focus on science news within journalism education.

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A topic among others—examining the attention dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic through interviews with Finnish journalists

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

Predictors of adherence in Austrian employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an online survey

Predictors of adherence in Austrian employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an online survey

Monikriisissä media kalibroi kansalaisen kriisitietoisuutta ja riskinottohalukkuutta

“Glorified Minute Takers”: Journalists’ (Mis)handling of Scientific Uncertainty During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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