Stigmatizing Monkeypox and COVID-19: A Comparative Framing Study of The Washington Post's Online News.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stigma relating to health can result in a broad range of vulnerabilities and risks for patients and healthcare providers. The media play a role in people's understanding of health, and stigma is socially constructed through many communication channels, including media framing. Recent health issues affected by stigma include monkeypox and COVID-19.

Objectives

This research aimed to examine how The Washington Post (WP) framed the stigma around monkeypox and COVID-19. Guided by framing theory and stigma theory, online news coverage of monkeypox and COVID-19 was analyzed to understand the construction of social stigma through media frames.

Methods

This research used qualitative content analysis to compare news framings in The Washington Post

SUBMITTER: Ju W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9965175 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature