COVID-19: quando o jornalismo se assume como uma frente de combate à pandemia

Abstract

É comentadora residente da RTP para os temas de comunicação e colunista semanal do Jornal de Notícias e mensal do Correio do Minho. Desenvolve investigação nas áreas do jornalismo televisivo, cobertura mediática em temas de saúde e a relação entre jornalistas e as fontes de informação.

An analysis of science communication about COVID-19 vaccination in Portuguese online news media

“…It is important to highlight that when it comes to science communication in the health field, journalists typically prefer specialized sources, whether they are researchers, academics, or healthcare professionals and organizations, due to the credibility they bring to the news discourse [Lopes et al, 2020].…”

“…The media played a crucial role in disseminating information about the virus, including scientific findings and reliable information from official health and government authorities [Casero-Ripollés, 2021;Cheng & Espanha, 2021]. This is supported by numerous studies that have explored communication strategies by analyzing COVID-19-related information in the media, including the virus and vaccines [Lopes, Araújo, Magalhães & Sá, 2020;Rodrigues, 2023;Schiavo, 2020; O. E. Magalhães et al, 2021].…”

“…A thematic analysis of 612 news articles published from January to March 2020, covering the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in Portugal, identified two distinct news profiles: one focusing on the epidemiological situation and the other on response measures to the pandemic [Rodrigues, 2023]. Despite the efforts of Portuguese television, radio, and newspaper journalists to ensure the quality of information through specialized sources sharing their 'wise knowledge' [Lopes et al, 2020], an analysis of health information in 2,037 Portuguese news articles about COVID-19 during the states of emergency declared in 2020 highlights differences between the work of journalists, scientists, and politicians and how their discourses can influence public opinion [Lopes et al, 2021].…”

“…In Portugal, several studies have explored the influence and role of the media during the pandemic [Pinto, Oliveira & Silva, 2021;Cheng & Espanha, 2021], the impact of specialized sources in promoting a more rigorous discourse [Lopes et al, 2020;Entradas, 2022;Lopes et al, 2021;O. E. Magalhães et al, 2021], the content of news articles [Rodrigues, 2023], and the role of social media in spreading information [Cheng & Espanha, 2021].…”

Informação Televisiva de Prime Time e Estratégias de Comunicação em Tempo de Pandemia

“…In Portugal, in the assessment of Lopes et al (2020), during the state of emergency, the news media took on a clear role of guiding citizens towards disease-preventing behaviours, "seeking to become another front on the fight against the pandemic, which could have been important in helping the country stay at home" (p. 207). In the survey to journalists carried out by those authors on the topic of the journalism conducted during this period, 92.2% assumed that editorial choice, "a choice never before seen in democratic Portugal post 25 April 1974", and which they distinguish from the practice of directing the public towards supporting certain political choices (Lopes et al, 2020, p. 211).…”