Media and global pandemics: Continuities and discontinuities

References

1. Barmania, S., and Reiss, M.. ( 2020;), ‘ Health promotion perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of religion. ’, Global Health Promotion, 28:1, pp. 15–22.
   [Google Scholar]
2. Barry, J. M.. ( 2009;), ‘ Pandemics: Avoiding the mistakes of 1918. ’, Nature, 459:7245, pp. 324–25.
   [Google Scholar]
3. BBC ( 2020;), ‘ Tanzania President John Magufuli: The man who declared victory over Coronavirus. ’, 2 November, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54603689. Accessed 10 March 2021.
4. Chaiuk, T., and Dunaievsk, O.. ( 2020;), ‘ Producing fear culture in media: An examination on coronavirus discourse. ’, Journal of History Culture and Research, 9:2, pp. 184–94.
   [Google Scholar]
5. Chari, T.. ( 2020;), ‘ Representation or misrepresentation? The New York Times framing of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. ’, African Identities, 8:4, pp. 333–49.
   [Google Scholar]
6. Chimuanya, L., and Igwebuike, E. E.. ( 2021;), ‘ From COVID-19 to COVID-666: Quasi-religious mentality and ideologies in Nigerian Coronavirus pandemic discourses. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 399–416.
   [Google Scholar]
7. Collinson, S., and Heffernan, J. M.. ( 2014;), ‘ Modelling the effects of media during an influenza pandemic. ’, BMC Public Health, 14:1, pp. 376–85.
   [Google Scholar]
8. Fassin, D.. ( 2011;), ‘ The politics of conspiracy theories: On Aids in South Africa and a few other global plots. ’, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, 17:2, pp. 39–50.
   [Google Scholar]
9. Gonzalez-Padilla, D. A., and Tortolero-Blanco, L.. ( 2020;), ‘ Social media influence in the Covid-19 pandemic. ’, International Brazil Journal of Urology, 46:1, pp. 120–24.
   [Google Scholar]
10. Gozzi, N.,, Tizzani, M.,, Starnini, M.,, Ciulla, F., and Paolotti, D.. ( 2020;), ‘ Collective response to media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed methods analysis. ’, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22:10, doi: 10.2196/21597. Accessed 3 August 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
11. Gruzd, A., and Mai, P.. ( 2020;), ‘ The state of social media in Canada 2020. ’, Social Media Lab, 13 July, https://socialmedialab.ca/2020/07/13/the-state-of-social-media-in-canada-2020-a-new-survey-report-from-the-ryerson-social-media-lab/. Accessed 7 July 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
12. Hassernohrl, S.. ( 2021;), ‘ West African-diasporic social media users facing COVID-19: Care, emotions and power during the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 367–83.
    [Google Scholar]
13. Howard, P.. ( 2020;), “17, ‘18, ‘19: Religion and science in three pandemics 1817, 1918 and 2019’. , Journal of Global History, 15:3, pp. 434–43.
    [Google Scholar]
14. Hua, J., and Shaw, R.. ( 2020;), ‘ Corona virus (COVID-19) “infodemic” and emerging issues through a data lens: The case of China. ’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17:7, pp. 2309–21.
    [Google Scholar]
15. Kazeem, Y.. ( 2020;), ‘ The 5G “revolution” is underway in Africa-but it remains a long way off from reality. ’, Quartz Africa, 2 October, https://qz.com/africa/1911786/where-is-5g-available-in-africa/. Accessed 13 March 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
16. Khattab, M.. ( 2021;), ‘ Infobotting COVID-19: A case study of Ask Nameesa in Egypt. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 451–73.
    [Google Scholar]
17. Kowalczyk, O.,, Roszkowski, K.,, Montane, X.,, Pawliszak, W.,, Tylkowski, B., and Bajek, A.. ( 2020;), ‘ Religion and faith perception in a pandemic. ’, Journal of Religion and Health, 59:6, pp. 2671–77.
    [Google Scholar]
18. Kranz, D.,, Niepel, C.,, Botes, E., and Greiff, S.. ( 2020;), ‘ Religiosity predicts unreasonable coping with COVID-19. ’, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10.1037/rel0000395. Accessed 7 July 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
19. Levina, M.. ( 2015), Pandemics and the Media, New York, NY:: Peter Lang;.
    [Google Scholar]
20. Meza, D.. ( 2020;), ‘ In a pandemic are we more religious? Traditional practices of Catholics and the COVID-19 in Southwestern Colombia. ’, International Journal of Latin American Religions, 4, pp. 218–34, 10.1007/s41603-020-00108-0. Accessed 7 July 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
21. Mudavanhu, S. L.. ( 2021;), ‘ “Subaltern” pushbacks: An analysis of responses by Facebook users to “racist” statements by two French doctors on testing COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 317–31.
    [Google Scholar]
22. Nauta, W., and Stavinoha, L.. ( 2012;), ‘ Framing aids in times of global crisis: “Wasting” Africa yet again?. ’, Globalizations, 9:5, pp. 695–711.
    [Google Scholar]
23. Nguyen, A., and Catalan-Matamoros, D.. ( 2020;), ‘ Digital mis/disinformation and public engagement with health and science controversies: Fresh perspectives from Covid-19. ’, Media and Communication, 8:2, pp. 323–28.
    [Google Scholar]
24. Noko, K.. ( 2021;), ‘ Medical colonialism in Africa is not new. ’, News Day, 4 March, https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/03/medical-colonialism-in-africa-is-not-new/. Accessed 20 April 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
25. Obadare, E.. ( 2018), Pentecostal Republic/Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria, London:: Zeb Books;.
    [Google Scholar]
26. Ogbodo, J. N.,, Onwe, E. C.,, Chukwu, J.,, Nwasum, C. J.,, Nwakpu, E. S.,, Nwako, S. U.,, Nwanin, S.,, Slem, S., and Ogbaeja, N. I.. ( 2020;), ‘ Communicating health crisis: A content analysis of media framing of COVID-19. ’, Health Promotion Perspectives, 10:3, pp. 257–69.
    [Google Scholar]
27. Ogola, G.. ( 2020;), ‘ Africa and the COVID-19 information framing crisis. ’, Media and Communication, 8:2, pp. 440–43.
    [Google Scholar]
28. Paviotti, A.. ( 2021;), ‘ God and COVID-19 in Burundian social media: The political fight for the control of the narrative. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 385–97.
    [Google Scholar]
29. Rutazibwa, O. U.. ( 2020;), ‘ Anti-colonial solidarity in times of pest and cholera: The coronavirus pandemic blows the lid off the idea of western superiority. ’, MO Magazine, 23 March, https://www.mo.be/en/opinion/corona-pandemic-blows-lid-idea-western-superiority. Accessed 10 March 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
30. Sokolov, M.. ( 2020;), ‘ The pandemic infodemic: How social media helps (and hurts) during the coronavirus outbreak. ’, The Drum, 3 March, https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2020/03/03/the-pandemic-infodemic-how-social-media-helps-and-hurts-during-the-coronavirus. Accessed 11 March 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
31. Stavinoha, L.. ( 2016;), ‘ Aids in Africa and the British media: Shifting images of pandemic. ’, in M. Bunce,, S. Franks, and C. Paterson. (eds), Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century, London:: Routledge;, pp. 132–42.
    [Google Scholar]
32. Stavinoha, L.. ( 2020;), ‘ Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the aids pandemic in Africa. ’, The Conversation, 10 July, https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-media-coverage-must-avoid-the-mistakes-of-the-aids-pandemic-in-Africa-142224. Accessed 12 February 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
33. Uwalaka, T.,, Bigman, N., and Confidence, A.. ( 2021;), ‘ Social media, fake news and fake COVID-19 cures in Nigeria. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 435–49.
    [Google Scholar]
34. Vasterman, P. L. M., and Ruigrok, N.. ( 2013;), ‘ Pandemic alarm in the Dutch media coverage of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic and the role of expert sources. ’, European Journal of Communication, 28:4, pp. 436–53.
    [Google Scholar]
35. Wal-Jorgensen, I.. ( 2020;), ‘ Coronavirus: How media coverage of pandemics often stokes fear and panic. ’, The Conversation, 14 February, https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-media-coverage-of-epidemics-often-stokes-fear-and-panic-13844. Accessed 8 March 2021.
    [Google Scholar]
36. Wasserman, H.,, Chuma, W.,, Bosch, T.,, Uzuegbunam, C. E., and Flynn, R.. ( 2021;), ‘ South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 333–50.
    [Google Scholar]
37. Chari, Tendai, and Akpojivi, Ufuoma. ( 2021;), ‘ Media and global pandemics: Continuities and discontinuities. ’, Journal of African Media Studies, 13:3, pp. 305–15, https://doi.org/10.1386/jams_00050_2
    [Google Scholar]