Effects of misleading media coverage on public health crisis: a case of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China

• Published in: Anatolia : an international journal of tourism and hospitality research Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 331 - 336
• Main Authors: Wen, Jun, Aston, Joshua, Liu, Xinyi, Ying, Tianyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.04.2020
• Subjects: country image; destination image; mental disorders; Misleading media coverage; public health crisis; racial discrimination

The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China has sparked a global epidemic, which the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on 31st January 2020 (Beijing time). This crisis has attracted intense media attention. Recently, some media outlets inappropriately...