Political Consequences of COVID-19 and Media Framing in South Korea.
Front Public Health
; 8: 425, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-32974260
This study explored the Korean media's framing of COVID-19 and its impact on people's support for the government. A disaster such as a public health crisis has political consequences. COVID-19 is no exception. However, the direction of the effect is not easily determined. To properly understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to analyze how the media frames the crisis. Using Structural Topic Model, this study examines the Korean media's framing of COVID-19 and especially pays attention to international comparative framing. Based on our analysis results, we argue that expanded framing, which compared the quarantine performance of Korea and other countries, induced a positive change in people's attitudes toward the government, leading to a major political victory for the ruling party in the legislative election. Our research not only identifies the impact of international comparative framing on government support but also contributes to the development of methods for measuring media framing utilizing topic modeling methods.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Medios de Comunicación
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COVID-19
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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En
Revista:
Front Public Health
Año:
2020
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Article
País de afiliación:
Corea del Sur
Pais de publicación:
Suiza