Open AccessHow Much Can The News Change a Pandemic?
Author(s) -
Danielle Moore,
Stephanie Davis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of student research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-1907
DOI - 10.47611/jsrhs.v10i4.1889
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , political science , perception , affect (linguistics) , presentation (obstetrics) , news media , development economics , psychology , medicine , economics , law , outbreak , virology , disease , communication , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , radiology
Recently in 2020, Covid-19 updates have filled the news almost every day in almost every country. However, globally people are not getting the same presentation of the information. Each country has a culture and background that contributes to how they perceive the news and its production. Two countries where citizens had similar response time to Covid-19, and similar restrictions ,but still had different responses to Covid-19 are Japan and the United States of America. Part of this is attributed to the differences in societal norms and the background of these two countries. For example, “Observers have pointed out that while it is a more common sight in several East Asian societies than elsewhere in the world, mask‐wearing is particularly widespread and normalized in Japan, where masks have been commonly worn outside medical or industrial settings” (Burgess, A., & Horii, M., 2012). However, through this study it will be revealed how Japanese and American news outlets affect their citizens perception of Covid-19 and how they take the virus seriously. Japan is undoubtly a more cautious country and does do a better job at preparing it's citizens through the news.