Deciphering the “pandemic spheres”: Government communication, (social) media discourses on and citizens’ responses to COVID-19 in Europe and the USA (DECIPHER)
06/2021-12/2024
Funding programme / funding institution: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e. V.
Grant number: 1350 / 60-0103-04
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Project description:
The project analyses comparatively how effectively governments, health institutions and media in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the USA have informed their citizens about COVID-19 and encouraged self-protective behaviour. Three key questions guide the project: (1) What explanations and messages about COVID-19 and related protective behaviors have governments and health institutions communicated to the public in each country? (2) How did media report on the pandemic and related risk messages from governments? (3) How did the public perceive the pandemic and the risk messages?
Project partners
- Technische Universität Illmenau (TUI)