Predictors of H1N1 Influenza Pandemic News Coverage: Explicating the Relationships between Framing and News Release Selection

Lee, Seow Ting

doi:10.1080/1553118x.2014.913596

Cited by 56 publications

(68 citation statements)

References 63 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Thus, our results confirm previous studies in the context of SARF, finding that the media work as an amplification station in the transfer of risk information . In agreement with previous research, we also found that, even if press releases had a significant impact on news coverage, the channels diverged regarding the proportional weights given to information …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Similarly, Lee and Basnyat traced the information flow from press releases to media coverage in the context of the A/H1N1 pandemic in Singapore, and found that even if press releases were influential in setting an agenda, they did not pass through without framing changes, such as an expansion and diversification in dominant frames and emotional appeals . In the same context, Lee showed that news releases had a higher chance of being selected for news coverage if they used emotional appeals (such as fear or anger) …”

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In health crises, journalists especially rely on experts and press releases from governmental and health organizations in order to receive reliable and up‐to‐date information . Among the various communication tools in use by public institutions, press releases, understood as “official documents that are publicly disseminated,” are the most important. In the public relations context, news releases are strategic tools to transfer organizations’ views into media coverage .…”

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In health crises, they are tools for health organizations to pass urgent messages through to the public via media. As studies show, they are very influential in shaping media coverage of health, indeed . Mebane et al .…”

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating the A/H1N1 Pandemic in Press Releases and Press Coverage in Europe

2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the aftermath of the A/H1N1 pandemic, health authorities were criticized for failures in crisis communication efforts, and the media were accused of amplifying the pandemic. Considering these criticisms, A/H1N1 provides a suitable case for examining risk amplification processes that may occur in the transfer of information from press releases to print news media during a health crisis. We integrated the social amplification of risk framework with theories of news decisions (news values, framing) in an attempt to contribute to existing research both theoretically and empirically. We conducted a quantitative content analysis of press releases disseminated by health and governmental authorities, as well as the quality and tabloid press in 10 European countries between March 2009 and March 2011. Altogether 243 press releases, 1,243 quality press articles, and 834 tabloid press articles were coded. Consistent with research on news values and framing the results suggest that quality and tabloid papers alike amplified A/H1N1 risks by emphasizing conflict and damage, presenting information in a more dramatized way, and using risk-amplifying frames to a greater extent and risk-attenuating frames to a lesser extent than press releases. To some extent, the quality and tabloid press differed in how risk information was presented. While tabloid press articles seemed to follow the leading quality press with regards to content and framing of health crisis coverage, they exhibited a stronger emphasis on drama and emotion in the way they presented information.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: News Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating the A/H1N1 Pandemic in Press Releases and Press Coverage in Europe

2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For instance, Chew and Eysenbach (2010) found that online audiences prefer to share news media coverage of disasters rather than government coverage of disasters. Lee (2014) further advocated that public health agencies should use news media as channels to purposefully communicate with the general public, in order to direct efforts to contain an outbreak, and shape attitudinal and behavioral changes.…”

Section: Corrective Information Typementioning

confidence: 99%

Seeking Formula for Misinformation Treatment in Public Health Crises: The Effects of Corrective Information Type and Source

Meer

Jin

2019

Health Communication

230

117

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An increasing lack of information truthfulness has become a fundamental challenge to communications. Insights into how to debunk this type of misinformation can especially be crucial for public health crises. To identify corrective information strategies that increase awareness and trigger actions during infectious disease outbreaks, an online experiment (N = 700) was conducted, using a U.S. sample. After initial misinformation exposure, participants' exposure to corrective information type (simple rebuttal vs. factual elaboration) and source (government health agency vs. news media vs. social peer) was varied, including a control group without corrective information. Results show that, if corrective information is present rather than absent, incorrect beliefs based on misinformation are debunked and the exposure to factual elaboration, compared to simple rebuttal, stimulates intentions to take protective actions. Moreover, government agency and news media sources are found to be more successful in improving belief accuracy compared to social peers. The observed mediating role of crisis emotions reveals the mechanism underlying the effects of corrective information. The findings contribute to misinformation research by providing a formula for correcting the increasing spread of misinformation in times of crisis.

show abstract

A Cocreational Approach to Social‐Mediated Crisis Communication

and¹,

Austin²

2021

The Handbook of Strategic Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Predictors of H1N1 Influenza Pandemic News Coverage: Explicating the Relationships between Framing and News Release Selection

Cited by 56 publications

References 63 publications

The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating the A/H1N1 Pandemic in Press Releases and Press Coverage in Europe

The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating the A/H1N1 Pandemic in Press Releases and Press Coverage in Europe

Seeking Formula for Misinformation Treatment in Public Health Crises: The Effects of Corrective Information Type and Source

A Cocreational Approach to Social‐Mediated Crisis Communication

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About