Media Representation of Coronavirus in Romanian Online Press. National, European, and International Themes

Georgiana Manole-Andrei () and Florinela Mocanu ()
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Georgiana Manole-Andrei: National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
Florinela Mocanu: National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2021, vol. XXI, issue 2, 363-373

Abstract: Our research aims to discover how Romanian online press describes the coronavirus pandemic in terms of National, European, and International themes by examining online articles through a content analysis of three online newspapers. This initiative contributes to the study of media representation in a situation of global importance and effect. The study shows the media representation at the pandemic start, three days before Romania lockdown. The analysis reveals a strong representation in headlines and images in the National stream. We found that medicine was the main topic represented in Romanian online press, in both headlines and images, followed by themes including politics, internal affairs and socio-cultural subjects. Neutral images had the biggest ratio in the themes, comprising sketch of the virus, images with drugs, blood tests and people wearing masks.

Keywords: media representation; online news; coronavirus representation; European themes; National themes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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