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COVID-19 and newspapers: a content & text mining analysis #MMPMIDC7543454
Corvo E; De Caro W
Eur J Public Health 2020[Sep]; 30 (Suppl 5): ä PMIDC7543454show ga
Background: COVID-19 occurred in Italy in February, after its outbreak in China. The number of news on newspapers and on media was massive, however, this communication did not take into account properly the level of comprehension of general public of health related issues, which in turns can have a huge impact on public health and related policies. In the light of above this study aims to analyze press coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic/epidemic in Italy. Methods: An analysis of the press and related online journal coverage during CoVID-19 was conducted. A total of 1512 articles in two months were analyzed. Two main analyses were carried out, a coding quantitative content analysis of newspapers article data and a textual analysis and a sentiment analysis using Taltac 2.10 and Voyant Tools. Results: There was an overall similar idea among different newspapers, this means that both tabloids and broadsheet newspapers show an overall similar content, with a small difference on quality and tone. Results, moreover, displayed two different chronologically lead trends during the COVID-19 crisis. The first two week articles were mainly focused on the illness per se, in terms of prevention, care, cure but also fear, and anxiety; while after a while, around 2 months later newspapers were much more focused on the socio-political-economic impact that COVID-19 had on Italy and potentially could have in the closer future, also for the health organizations. Conclusions: Newspaper attitude in publishing sensationalistic articles and titles show to take small account of the effect that could potentially have on general public understanding of the issues connected to the virus. This both in the outbreak in terms of what could be the effect of the virus on their health and later on the economy of the country. More attention should be paid in analysing the impact that newspaper communication has on general public behavior and reactions. Key messages: Information is crucial for the management of epidemic/pandemic disease.Panic of population is the result of inaccurate information communication.
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