Information dissemination during public health emergencies: analysing the international flow of COVID-19-related news.

Autor: Guo H; Associate Professor in information science at the Business School, Hohai University, China., Zhang J; Research Assistant at the Business School, Hohai University, China., Feng S; Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Zhou Y; Master's student at the Business School, Hohai University, China., Fan A; Research Assistant at the Business School, Nankai University, China., Wang M; Professor and Director of the KM&EL Lab at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.; Eastern Scholar Chair Professor at East China Normal University, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Disasters [Disasters] 2023 Oct; Vol. 47 (4), pp. 995-1024. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12587
Abstrakt: A large-scale exchange of information between media across national borders is frequently observed when a worldwide public health emergency occurs. This study investigated the global news citation network in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic by analysing the network structure at different levels to identify important nodes and the relationships among news organisations. The results show that COVID-19-related international news flow had a complex and unequal pattern, with a few countries and media outlets occupying a prominent place in the network and three media groups played key but different roles in disseminating the news. It was jointly influenced by national traits, the relatedness between countries, and the pandemic emergency with public health risks. From a global perspective, the media of the United States, mainland China, and the United Kingdom played the most important parts in collaboration within the world media system in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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