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The Media in the COVID-19 Pandemic - Opportunities and Challenges: An Overview

Author(s): Agata Paszek, Barbara Sitko
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Instytut Dziennikarstwa, Mediów i Komunikacji Społecznej, UJ / Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
Keywords: media;social communication;media ethics;COVID-19 pandemics;

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the problems of the media – mainly new media but also traditional ones - in the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on the role they assumed and the new be-havioral patterns of their audiences. The aim of this paper is to present the most significant issues related to the media and social communication in this period, both from the perspec-tive of senders and receivers. It also offers a reflection on ethics regarding the media in the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is meant to be an overview of multiple issues related to the media in the COVID-19 pandemics and is based on previously published reports, analyzes, and studies regarding this topic.

  • Issue Year: 4/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 36-51
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish