News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Smith, Hanako ;

Fischer, Lori;

Fortin, Kimberley;

Zeller, Frauke

Source: Facts and Frictions

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: https://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v3.i2.06

Abstract

This research contributes to the literature on journalistic news framing by analyzing the portrayal of telehealth as a particularly relevant topic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frames before and after the onset of the pandemic were examined across four news regions: Canada, Australia, the U.K., and the U.S.A. A mixed-methods news framing analysis combined computational linguistic analysis with manual coding methods and determined five general frames through which telehealth is discussed in the news. Results show differences in non-pandemic and pandemic news frames, and in national frames

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Smith, H., Fischer, L., Fortin, K. & Zeller, F. 2024, 'News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic', Facts and Frictions, 3(2), pp. 39-61. https://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v3.i2.06

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v3.i2.06

Repository URI: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3644842