The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study
The return of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps and the likes indicates the increasing popularity and effectiveness of the anti-vaccine movement in inseminating its sentiments. Effective news media coverage on vaccination that highlights the urgency and importanc...
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| author | Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira Mohamed, Shafizan Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira Yusoh, Mohd Helmi |
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| description | The return of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps and the likes indicates the increasing popularity and effectiveness of the anti-vaccine movement in inseminating its sentiments. Effective news media coverage on vaccination that highlights the urgency and importance of vaccination to the general public is needed to counter the vaccine misconceptions that are currently abundant especially in the social media. In the attempt to investigate whether the news media is playing its role in effectively covering vaccination issues, this study explores vaccine coverage in two Malay newspaper dailies, Berita Harian and Harian Metro. Quantitative framing analysis was conducted on a total of 131 vaccine- related news collected for nine months from January 2019 to September 2019. All the news was studied to ascertain the extent of coverage, types of frames and sources used in reporting vaccination issues. The findings found some differences in the numbers and ways the two dailies covered about vaccination. Despite the variation, the study found that there is still a lack of emphasis on vaccination given by the Malay newspapers. Vaccination is mostly seen as news to be reported and not an issue to be highlighted and emphasized. Thus in relation to current health realities, it is pertinent that the Malay newspapers paly a more significant role in promoting the importance vaccination. |
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| spelling | iium-821452020-08-17T08:35:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82145/ The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira Mohamed, Shafizan Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira Yusoh, Mohd Helmi H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H93 Popular works RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The return of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps and the likes indicates the increasing popularity and effectiveness of the anti-vaccine movement in inseminating its sentiments. Effective news media coverage on vaccination that highlights the urgency and importance of vaccination to the general public is needed to counter the vaccine misconceptions that are currently abundant especially in the social media. In the attempt to investigate whether the news media is playing its role in effectively covering vaccination issues, this study explores vaccine coverage in two Malay newspaper dailies, Berita Harian and Harian Metro. Quantitative framing analysis was conducted on a total of 131 vaccine- related news collected for nine months from January 2019 to September 2019. All the news was studied to ascertain the extent of coverage, types of frames and sources used in reporting vaccination issues. The findings found some differences in the numbers and ways the two dailies covered about vaccination. Despite the variation, the study found that there is still a lack of emphasis on vaccination given by the Malay newspapers. Vaccination is mostly seen as news to be reported and not an issue to be highlighted and emphasized. Thus in relation to current health realities, it is pertinent that the Malay newspapers paly a more significant role in promoting the importance vaccination. Global Network of Communication Scholars 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82145/1/vaccine%20-%20ajac.pdf Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira and Mohamed, Shafizan and Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira and Yusoh, Mohd Helmi (2020) The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study. Asian Journal of Applied Communication (AJAC), 9 (1). pp. 351-366. E-ISSN 2682-7506 http://journalfbmk.upm.edu.my/index.php/ajac/article/view/267 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H93 Popular works RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira Mohamed, Shafizan Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira Yusoh, Mohd Helmi The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title | The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title_full | The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title_short | The coverage of vaccination in the Malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| title_sort | coverage of vaccination in the malay newspapers: an exploratory study |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H93 Popular works RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/82145/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/82145/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/82145/1/vaccine%20-%20ajac.pdf |