Media coverage of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Kenya and Tanzania: Content analysis of newspaper articles in East Africa
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Date
2021-08
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Cogent Medicine
Abstract
This study uses the framing theory to analyse dimensions being conveyed
in the coverage of COVID-19 in Kenya and Tanzania between February 2020 and
April 2020. A quantitative analysis of the Daily Nation and Citizen newspapers
showed different patterns of framing of the virus. Specifically, this analysis focuses
on multiple frames used by the two newspapers with respect to the following
topical categories: context, basic information, preventive information, treatment
information, medical research, Social context, Economic context, Political context,
personal stories and other. Although the Daily Nation published more stories than
the Citizen Newspaper, only the frame personal stories were significantly higher in
the Daily Nation compared to Citizen Newspapers.
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Media Communication, Health & Society, Infectious Diseases, Coronavirus, Kenya, Tanzania, Citizen newspaper, Daily nation
Citation
Evonne Mwangale Kiptinness & John-Bell Okoye | (2021) Media coverage of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Kenya and Tanzania: Content analysis of newspaper articles in East Africa, Cogent Medicine, 8:1, 1956034, DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2021.1956034