Analysis of crisis communication by the Prime Minister of Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Leadership and communication capabilities of federal leaders during crises are imperative to support and guide citizens' behaviors and emotions. The following content analysis examines crisis communication delivered by the Australian Prime Minister (PM), Scott Morrison during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communication delivered over seven months starting from the first reported case of COVID-19 in Australia, was analyzed through a process of coding to identify central organizing crisis communication frames and themes and measured against eleven main themes based on principles of Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) recommended by the WHO and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transcripts were sourced from the PM's official website and 91 communiques were analyzed. Key epide

SUBMITTER: Reyes Bernard N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9766882 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature