COVID-19, Racism and Politicization : Media in the Midst of a Pandemic

ISBN: 9781527570894
ISBN: 1527570894
ISBN: 1527571955
ISBN: 9781527571952
Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 p.) remote
Publisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021.

Seneviratne, Kalinga. (Author). Muppidi, Sundeep R. (Added Author).

Summary: This book explores the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of national and international media and governments in the initial coverage of the developing crisis. With specific chapters written mostly by scholars based in these countries, it examines how the media in India, China, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Taiwan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and the USA responded to this pandemic. The volume particularly addresses their role in both countering and spreading misinformation and in the politicization of the health crisis. The chapters highlight various issues specific to individual cou.