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Pandemics and Politics: Analyzing the politicization and polarization of pandemic-related reporting

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The COVID-19 pandemic generated tremendous journalistic attention, and occurred during a period of increasing politicization and polarization in America’s news media. This study considers the intersection of both phenomena, and… Click to show full abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic generated tremendous journalistic attention, and occurred during a period of increasing politicization and polarization in America’s news media. This study considers the intersection of both phenomena, and the extent of politicization in recent and historical pandemic-related reporting. Results suggest that political topics, actions and actors have frequently been the focus of COVID-19-related reporting, and that such political content has grown more substantial over time.

Keywords: pandemic related; politicization polarization; related reporting; pandemics politics; politicization

Journal Title: Newspaper Research Journal
Year Published: 2022

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