Covering Covid-19

This book explores the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, framing it as a "critical moment" for digital journalism, examining how journalistic practices, content and audiences were shaped by the crisis. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Digital Journalism.

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Thorsten Quandt is Professor of Communication Studies and Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Münster, Germany. He (co)published more than 200 scientific articles and several books. Quandt is a Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA). His research and teaching fields include online communication, media innovation research, digital games and journalism.

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is Professor in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture and serves as University Dean of Research Environment and Culture. Her research focuses on journalism and citizenship, and she has authored or edited ten books. Recent books include Emotions, Media and Politics (2019), Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society (2019, with Arne Hintz and Lina Dencik), and Handbook of Journalism Studies, 2nd edition (2020, Routledge, co-edited with Thomas Hanitzsch).

Inhalt

Introduction: The Coronavirus Pandemic as a Critical Moment for Digital Journalism 1. Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries 2. Journalism as Usual? Managing Disruption in Virtual Newsrooms during the COVID-19 Crisis 3. Sourcing Pandemic News: A Cross-National Computational Analysis of Mainstream Media Coverage of COVID-19 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 4. News Avoidance during the Covid-19 Crisis: Understanding Information Overload 5. Data "Objectivity" in a Time of Coronavirus: Uncovering the Potential Impact of State Influence on the Production of Data-Driven News 6. Conceptualizing "Dark Platforms". Covid-19-Related Conspiracy Theories on 8kun and Gab 7. 'Lockdown' on Digital Journalism? Mapping Threats to Press Freedom during the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis 8. "Flatten the Curve": Data-Driven Projections and the Journalistic Brokering of Knowledge during the COVID-19 Crisis 9. The Reconfiguration of News Work in Southern Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic 10. Competing Frames and Melodrama: The Effects of Facebook Posts on Policy Preferences about COVID-19 11. Making Sense of Pandemic-Induced Changes in Journalism and Beyond