Emerging Infectious Disease Content in Newspaper Editorials: Public Health Concern or Leadership Issue?

We conducted a content analysis of newspaper editorials on the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in Korea. Subject matter, social and personal efficacy information, and affective tone were evaluated using a mixed-methods approach. An analysis of 241 publications with the acronym “MERS” revea...

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Published inScience communication Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 313 - 337
Main Authors You, Myoungsoon, Joo, Jungmin, Park, Esuri, Noh, Ghee-Young, Ju, Youngkee
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2017
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Content analysis
Documents
Economics
Editorials
Effectiveness
Leadership
Public health
Respiratory diseases
subject matter
affective tone
crisis stage
infectious disease
newspaper editorials
efficacy action
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Summary:We conducted a content analysis of newspaper editorials on the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in Korea. Subject matter, social and personal efficacy information, and affective tone were evaluated using a mixed-methods approach. An analysis of 241 publications with the acronym “MERS” revealed that public health was the most salient, followed by leadership/governance, coping, medical system, and economic consequences. Societal efficacy information was more frequent than personal efficacy information, and a negative tone was predominant. However, leadership became the most frequent in the later stages. Personal efficacy information decreased over time and across content with a negative tone.
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ISSN:1075-5470
1552-8545
DOI:10.1177/1075547017705392