Corona, the Lockdown, and the Media investigates media influence on policies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Bernhagen and Kybelka propose that news reporting on the pandemic pitches human impact against economic consequences of the virus and of restrictive policy measures designed to contain it. They argue that the use of these frames influences governments’ decisions to enact or lift lockdown measures. Using time series data from England, France, and Germany, the authors show that news reporting on COVID-19 was indeed characterized by these media frames. However, there is no evidence of media influence on government policy. Instead, the authors find that anti-pandemic policy decisions were responsive to public opinion in these countries.
Corona, the Lockdown, and the Media investigates media influence on policies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Bernhagen and Kybelka propose that news reporting on the pandemic pitches human impact against economic consequences of the virus and of restrictive policy measures designed to contain it. They argue that the use of these frames influences governments’ decisions to enact or lift lockdown measures. Using time series data from England, France, and Germany, the authors show that news reporting on COVID-19 was indeed characterized by these media frames. However, there is no evidence of media influence on government policy. Instead, the authors find that anti-pandemic policy decisions were responsive to public opinion in these countries.
David Voss is a Presbyterian minister who has spent some forty-eight years as a pastor, mental hospital chaplain and pastoral counselor. His yellow brick road has included degrees from the University of Georgia, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, Harvard Divinity School, and San Francisco Theological Seminary and a clinical internship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. His most important learning, however, has come from the thousands of hours as a companion on the road with persons who have come to him for help, gathered in groups to help each other, sat with him to reflect on his work, shared his life's journey as friend or family member. David, a native of Georgia, now lives in Cary, North Carolina with his wife Lynn and in close touch with his three daughters and five grandchildren.
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