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Framing the virus: The political, economic, biomedical and social understandings of the COVID-19 in Taiwan

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  • Hung, Shih-Chang
  • Chang, Shu-Chen

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The purpose of this paper is to study how people use texts and languages to interpret or make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on the theoretical literature of framing perspectives to formulate our arguments that consider the virus a socially constructed reality. We use Taiwan as an empirical case study, using topic modeling analysis of newspaper articles. Our findings show that the language of the COVID-19 coverage combines the four frames of political evaluation, economic impact, biomedical science and social life in varying proportions. These frames are subject to changes in pandemic conditions. Implications for theory and practice are presented.

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  • Hung, Shih-Chang & Chang, Shu-Chen, 2023. "Framing the virus: The political, economic, biomedical and social understandings of the COVID-19 in Taiwan," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:188:y:2023:i:c:s0040162522007971
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122276
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