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  • 标题:Journalistic Denial of Death during the Very First Traumatic Period of the Italian COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • 作者:Sheldon Solomon ; Daniele Rostellato ; Ines Testoni
  • 期刊名称:Behavioral Sciences
  • 电子版ISSN:2076-328X
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:11
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:41
  • DOI:10.3390/bs11030041
  • 出版社:MDPI Publishing
  • 摘要:Exactly one year ago, between February and March 2020, the COVID-19 infection went from an epidemic confined to China to a worldwide pandemic that was particularly lethal in Italy. This study examined the media accounts during that period by analysing the representation of death-related constructs in Corriere della Sera, the most widely read newspaper in Italy. A textual and thematic analysis of articles published between period A (epidemic: 23 January–22 February 2020) and period B (pandemic: 23 February–31 March 2020) was conducted using Nvivo-11. A total of 141 articles comprising 48,524 words were collected. The most utilised words and meanings linked to COVID-19 were computed. In the rank distribution, ‘China’ and ’virus’ were the terms most frequently used in both periods. The terms ‘death’ and ‘dead’ were completely absent in period A and appeared in the 535th position in period B. The term ‘dead’ was used primarily to indicate the number of deceased. From a Terror Management Theory perspective, it is possible that the minimal reference to death-related issues was a reflection of death denial and a manifestation of efforts to deny death to manage terror. These findings highlight the ambiguities and ambivalence surrounding any issue pertaining to death; on the one side, undue alarmism may provoke exaggerated reactions, such as moral panic, while on the other denial-based messages that minimise references to mortality may reduce safe behaviour during a pandemic.
  • 关键词:COVID-19 outbreak; pandemic; terror management theory; moral panic; Corriere della Sera; denial of death COVID-19 outbreak ; pandemic ; terror management theory ; moral panic ; Corriere della Sera ; denial of death
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