Research Article

Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria

Number: 39 December 31, 2022
Aslıhan Ardıç Çobaner *, Nermin Alkan , Canan Dural Tasouji
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Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how vulnerable societies can be in the face of infectious diseases. The outbreak of the pandemic has also demonstrated the importance of reliable information in managing the disease and that false or fake news spreads as fast as the virus during the pandemic, posing a public health threat. In other words, the pandemic was also accompanied by an infodemic, that can be defined as the excess and spread of both true and false information. While societies` need for reliable information and news consumption has increased, news has played an essential role in informing and raising awareness during the pandemic. Accordingly, this research’s primary concern is to critically analyse news about Turkey's first domestic COVID-19 vaccine "Turkovac" in digital news media using the criteria of HealthNewsReview.org and the Vaccine News Preparation Declaration prepared jointly by journalists, academics and public health experts. The research is based on a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of the research data consisting of 502 news articles published between January 1 and December 31, 2021, on 12 different newspapers and news sites. It was found that the news analysed did not adequately and reliably convey information about the vaccine development process and the vaccine to the public. While scientific data on the effectiveness of vaccines and the limitations of vaccine trials are not sufficiently covered in the news, nationalist discourse has been observed to dominate the news. The findings of this study fill the knowledge gaps in this under-examined research area

Keywords

Vaccines, Turkey’s Domestic Vaccine, Health News Reporting, COVID-19, Turkovac

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

July 12, 2022

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 39

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31123/akil.1143278

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA45FC24WJ

Cite

RIS / Bibtex
APA
Ardıç Çobaner, A., Alkan, N., & Dural Tasouji, C. (2022). Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, 39, 24-43. https://doi.org/10.31123/akil.1143278
AMA
1.Ardıç Çobaner A, Alkan N, Dural Tasouji C. Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria. Journal of Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication - JAUFC. 2022;(39):24-43. doi:10.31123/akil.1143278
Chicago
Ardıç Çobaner, Aslıhan, Nermin Alkan, and Canan Dural Tasouji. 2022. “Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in Terms of Health Reporting Criteria”. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 39: 24-43. https://doi.org/10.31123/akil.1143278.
EndNote
Ardıç Çobaner A, Alkan N, Dural Tasouji C (December 1, 2022) Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi 39 24–43.
IEEE
[1]A. Ardıç Çobaner, N. Alkan, and C. Dural Tasouji, “Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria”, Journal of Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication - JAUFC, no. 39, pp. 24–43, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.31123/akil.1143278.
ISNAD
Ardıç Çobaner, Aslıhan - Alkan, Nermin - Dural Tasouji, Canan. “Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in Terms of Health Reporting Criteria”. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi. 39 (December 1, 2022): 24-43. https://doi.org/10.31123/akil.1143278.
JAMA
1.Ardıç Çobaner A, Alkan N, Dural Tasouji C. Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria. Journal of Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication - JAUFC. 2022;:24–43.
MLA
Ardıç Çobaner, Aslıhan, et al. “Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in Terms of Health Reporting Criteria”. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 39, Dec. 2022, pp. 24-43, doi:10.31123/akil.1143278.
Vancouver
1.Aslıhan Ardıç Çobaner, Nermin Alkan, Canan Dural Tasouji. Evaluation of Digital News about the COVID-19 Vaccine Turkovac in terms of Health Reporting Criteria. Journal of Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication - JAUFC. 2022 Dec. 1;(39):24-43. doi:10.31123/akil.1143278

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