{"id":1989,"date":"2020-09-30T16:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ludci.eu\/magazine\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:51:31","slug":"how-the-media-fed-the-publics-coronavirus-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ludci.eu\/magazine\/how-the-media-fed-the-publics-coronavirus-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Media Fed the Public\u2019s Coronavirus Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Headline Diplomat eJournal \u2013 Issue 1, Series 2
\nThe perilous lenses of COVID-19: The sociopolitical impact
\nCatherine Hamilton, Content Writer, Headline Diplomat, LUDCI.eu, LinkedIn
\nWhen the first fragments of coronavirus news slipped through the media sieve, it was presented as a distant \u2013 if voracious \u2013 threat, which had made its way through China after originating in Wuhan at the end of December 2019.<\/p>\n

By March, however, the coronavirus had penetrated Europe, wreaking havoc in Northern Italy, and those living throughout the continent began to feel the first quivers of fear, as we each began to hear of anecdotal horror stories that were siphoned through mainstream media.<\/p>\n

Even the most respected channels of journalism reported of patients \u2018gasping for air\u2019 as a result of the Italian hospitals\u2019 lack of sufficient resources \u2013 specifically, ventilators \u2013 which meant that they were unable to effectively combat the coronavirus. The same journalistic outlet described the affected patients as being \u2018left to die\u2019.<\/p>\n

It is not uncommon for tabloids, newspapers, and other breeds of publication to use emotive language such as this. In fact, it would be difficult to find any article th...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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