Gordana Lesinger – Communication Today https://communicationtoday.sk Media, marketing, communication Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:29:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://communicationtoday.sk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-ct-32x32.png Gordana Lesinger – Communication Today https://communicationtoday.sk 32 32 Infodemic in the First and Second Wave of the Pandemic: Comparative Media Content Analysis of Croatian Portals https://communicationtoday.sk/infodemic-in-the-first-and-second-wave-of-the-pandemic-comparative-media-content-analysis-of-croatian-portals/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:32:00 +0000 https://communicationtoday.sk/?p=4021 ABSTRACT:
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, there has been a pandemic of information, disinformation and fake news connected with it, referred to by the World Health Organisation as an “infodemic”. Taking into consideration that timely, accurate and transparent provision of information is highly relevant in facing health risks, the media worldwide have invested into professional coverage of the topic. However, numerous online communication platforms soon became flooded by incorrect, fabricated and sensationalist information. The aim of this study is to comparatively analyse the infodemic in the context of Croatian web portals (112 texts from 23 web portals) in the first and second wave of the pandemic. Using the method of quantitative media content analysis, two foci were developed in the instrument: one connected with the discourse of/on scientists (3 codes) and the other with iterative thematic analysis (6 codes were used to uncover topics – the source, danger, vaccine, protective masks, distancing, immunity). A Chi-square test was used to test the statistical significance of the difference between the two waves of the pandemic/infodemic. The results suggest there are four statistically significant differences – one related to the first focus (quoting scientists is more frequent in the second wave) and three to the second (the topic of the source of the virus is less present in the texts appearing during the second wave of the pandemic, while topics of immunity and danger are significantly more represented in the second wave).

KEY WORDS:
coronavirus, Croatia, infodemic, information, media content analysis, pandemic

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]]> Media Responsibility During the Coverage of Terrorist Attacks – A Case Study of the Abduction and Execution of the Croatian Citizen Tomislav Salopek https://communicationtoday.sk/media-responsibility-coverage-terrorist-attacks-case-study-abduction-execution-croatian-citizen-tomislav-salopek/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:59:27 +0000 https://www.communicationtoday.sk/?p=1859 ABSTRACT:
The authors provide an overview of the relations between terrorist atrocities and media coverage of the said atrocities through the analysis of media content present on Croatian Internet portals and national television in the case of terrorist abduction of a Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek. The study was conducted via a qualitative discursive analysis. The authors focus on both identifying elements and reasons of the media coverage of that case as well as on their impact on the public. Also, the authors try to emphasise the historically important difference in interpretation of the definition of terrorism, especially in today’s context of advanced media technology and the phenomenon of live reporting on the events. For the purpose of understanding the impact terrorist activities have on government policy and especially on the psychological state of the public and the victims’ families, the authors pay particular attention to the ethical and legal standards when reporting on acts of terrorism.

KEY WORDS:
CNN effect, ethics, media coverage, media reporting, public, terrorism, Tomislav Salopek

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