Rosemary Rizanna, Nur Rochimah Tri Hastuti, Susilawati Novi
Department of Communication Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 2022 Jul;77:103076. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103076. Epub 2022 May 25.
Inevitable uncertainty conditions during the Covid-19 crisis resulted in an extension of the inadequate information and knowledge shared about the pandemic. The media plays a significant role in reporting and communicating risks related to the global Covid-19 outbreak. People can respond well to the risk of coronavirus if they understand the impact of the pandemic through efficacy information about the pandemic. However, a previous study revealed that media organizations lack quick action and response to Covid-19. Furthermore, no study was found to understand how media provides efficacy information on the government's early response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study aims to examine and analyze the external efficacy information of the government's initial responses during the early stage of the outbreak in four national online newspapers (Kompas.com, Tempo.co, Republika.co.id, Tirto.id). The articles were classified based on themes derived from the keywords search-effect/impact, response/action, policy/restriction on the Covid-19 pandemic, and assessed the pandemic's most prominent external efficacy information within the local, national, and global context in each article in the four media. From 704 articles analyzed, our study revealed dominant-negative tones on the impact of the pandemic, including inconsistent actions and policies taken to prevent the transmission of the virus. Our study suggests that increasing positive efficacy information and improving media engagement are vital communication goals to better educate the public about the coronavirus and minimize uncertainty during the pandemic.
新冠疫情危机期间不可避免的不确定性状况，导致了有关该大流行病的信息和知识分享不足的情况持续存在。媒体在报道和传播与全球新冠疫情相关的风险方面发挥着重要作用。如果人们通过有关该大流行病的有效性信息了解到疫情的影响，他们就能更好地应对新冠病毒风险。然而，此前的一项研究表明，媒体机构对新冠疫情缺乏迅速行动和应对。此外，尚未发现有研究探讨媒体如何提供有关政府对新冠疫情早期应对措施的有效性信息。本研究旨在考察和分析四家全国性在线报纸（Kompas.com、Tempo.co、Republika.co.id、Tirto.id）在疫情爆发初期对政府初步应对措施的外部有效性信息。文章根据从关键词搜索中得出的主题进行分类，这些关键词包括新冠疫情的影响/冲击、应对/行动、政策/限制，并评估了这四家媒体中每篇文章在地方、国家和全球背景下关于该大流行病最突出的外部有效性信息。通过对704篇文章的分析，我们的研究揭示了关于疫情影响的主导负面基调，包括在防止病毒传播方面采取的行动和政策不一致。我们的研究表明，增加积极的有效性信息和改善媒体参与度是至关重要的传播目标，以便更好地向公众宣传新冠病毒，并在疫情期间尽量减少不确定性。
