Description
| Product ID: | 9781032228754 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Title: | Psychological Insights on the Role and Impact of the Media During the Pandemic |
| Subtitle: | Lessons from COVID-19 |
| Authors: | Author: Barrie Gunter |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | History, Humanities, Cultural studies, Media studies, Sociology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social, group or collective psychology, Political campaigning and advertising, News media and journalism, Medical sociology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Cultural studies, Media studies, Sociology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social, group or collective psychology, Political campaigning & advertising, Press & journalism, Medical sociology, Health & personal development |
| Description: | This volume examines the role played by media and communications systems in informing and influencing the public on behavioural compliances with pandemic restrictions. It is essential reading for researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences, and policy makers assessing government strategies, responses, and performance. This volume places the spotlight on the role different media and communications systems played in informing the public about the pandemic, shaping their views about what was happening and contributing to behavioural compliances with pandemic-related restrictions. Throughout the pandemic, media coverage has played an important role in drawing attention to specific messages, influencing public risk perceptions and fear responses. Mainstream media and other electronic communication systems such as Facebook and WhatsApp have been pivotal in getting pandemic information out to the public, thereby influencing their beliefs, attitudes and behaviour and engaging them generally in the pandemic as stakeholders. In this timely volume, author Barrie Gunter considers how people reacted to this coverage and its contribution to their understanding of what was going on, including the influence of fake news and misinformation on public beliefs about the pandemic, from anti-lockdown protests to the "anti-vaxx" movement. In addition, looking at how government messaging was not always consistent or clear and how different authorities were found not always to be in harmony or compliance with the messages they put out, Gunter examines the harm done by presenting different publics with ambiguous or conflicting narratives. Drawing out important communications strategy lessons to be learned for the future, this is essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences and for policymakers who assess government strategies, responses and performance. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-12 |
