If the Coronavirus Doesn’t Scare You, the Banners Will—A Case Study of Early COVID-19 Banners

Dong, Hongjie; Zhou, Muke; Che, Dewei; Bodomo, Adams

doi:10.3390/ijerph17249595

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“…This disease was caused by a new and “unknown” virus, which on 7 January 2020 was recognized as a “new coronavirus”, accepted as “contagious” on 20 January, and officially referred to as COVID-19 by the WHO on 11 February. Initially, all levels of public communication, including governmental, commercial, and social media, adopted a variety of terms to refer to this new disease [ 1 ]. Some of the names were very popular whereas others attracted marginal attention.…”

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Analysis of COVID-19 Name Varieties in Chinese Mass and Social Media

Dong

Zhou

Che

et al. 2021

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The sudden appearance of a new epidemic disease in China created the need for names identifying that disease. Between December 2019 and January 2020, a variety of severe pneumonia-related disease names suddenly appeared, and more name varieties kept coming up afterwards. To better understand the introduction and spread of these names, 16 different COVID-19-related name varieties were selected covering the period from the end of December 2019, when the epidemic started, to mid-March 2020, a moment at which the term competition had stabilized. By way of big data analysis, the initiation and distribution of the 16 names across the media landscape was traced with regard to the impact of different media platforms, while the distribution frequency of each of the selected terms was mapped, resulting in a distinction of three groups of disease names, each with a different media and time profile. The results were discussed based on the hypotheses of disease confusion by name variety and management failures in absence of clear language governance at the national and global levels. The analysis of the data led to a refutation of both hypotheses. Based on this discussion, the study offers empirically based suggestions for the WHO in their naming practices and further research.

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Analysis of COVID-19 Name Varieties in Chinese Mass and Social Media

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Che

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“…They provide interactive and easy-to-use communication, while allowing people to follow the lives of their friends and family, discover useful information, and engage in business transactions [45]. Hongjie et al [46] recently studied how measures to contain pandemics such as COVID-19 can be communicated.…”

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Social Networks and Open Innovation: Business Academic Productivity

Sánchez‐Teba

Rodríguez‐Fernández

Gaspar‐González

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Is there any type of relationship between the academic productivity of business researchers and their social networking activity? What does this mean in terms of open innovation? With these objectives, in this paper we have focused on the Technology Acceptance Model and the concept of performativity, filling the gap that exists in the current scientific literature. At the empirical level, we carried out a review of 211 articles from the Web of Science (SSCI), obtaining a total set of 12,939 data points. Our statistical model has showed a clear symbiotic relationship between productivity in Google Scholar and presence in ResearchGate. Furthermore, researchers with a greater presence on LinkedIn or Twitter have low Google Scholar or Web of Science h-indices. We concluded that there is currently a dissociation between academic and professional online networks, something that does not help the applicability of research in business and society, the enduring aim of any search for knowledge. Information Science can play an important role in helping to bridge the gap between academia and the real world. Furthermore, in order to contribute to enhancing the role of universities in open innovation practices, it is essential to design and implement new tools such as online communities that stimulate interaction and facilitate network effects.

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The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana: exploring the discourse strategies in president Nana Addo’s speeches

Kwame,

Makarova,

Hudu

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Communication during a crisis can affect crisis management and health outcomes. Only a few studies in Africa have examined political leaders’ speeches on Covid-19 pandemic preventive and restrictive lockdown measures. The purpose of this study is to examine the discourse strategies employed in President Nana Addo’s speeches delivered to Ghanaians on the measures taken to combat the coronavirus. The first ten speeches of Nana Addo since the inception of Covid-19 were selected, coded, and examined using content thematic analysis. The analysis of these speeches identified five main themes to capture the discourse strategies which President Nana Addo used. The strategies captured in the thematic analysis included framing Covid-19 as a war, encouraging nationalism and patriotism, showing appreciation and gratitude, threatening sanctions, and using religious values. These strategies were reinforced by using religious, moralizing, and national identity legitimation discourses to justify measures the government had put in place to minimize the impact of Covid-19 and improve healthcare response. Also, the historical, social, and political contexts of Ghana and elsewhere were invoked in Nana Addo’s speeches to legitimize the government’s response to Covid-19. In conclusion, we highlight the implications of these strategies on crisis communication and management.

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If the Coronavirus Doesn’t Scare You, the Banners Will—A Case Study of Early COVID-19 Banners

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Analysis of COVID-19 Name Varieties in Chinese Mass and Social Media

Analysis of COVID-19 Name Varieties in Chinese Mass and Social Media

Social Networks and Open Innovation: Business Academic Productivity

The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana: exploring the discourse strategies in president Nana Addo’s speeches

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