Newspaper Representation of Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 for Healthcare Workers in England: A Qualitative Framing Analysis.

IF 3.1 2区医学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Health Communication Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-28 DOI:10.1080/10810730.2024.2394763

Heather Wilson, Martin McKee

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Abstract

In 2021, vaccination against COVID-19 became mandatory for healthcare workers in England. The media coverage of the mandate was extensive and became an issue of public interest. This study aimed to understand the United Kingdom (UK) debate on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination through a framing analysis of UK media coverage. Articles written between November 2021 and April 2022 were identified from UK national newspapers: The Daily (and Sunday) Telegraph, the Times (and Sunday Times), the Guardian (and the Observer), the Independent, the Daily Mail (and Mail on Sunday), the Daily Mirror, the Daily Express, and the Sun. Articles were selected using eligibility criteria before framing analysis was undertaken. The sample included 204 articles. Safe Staffing, Treatment of Staff, Change in Covid Context, and Protect Patient Safety were identified as frames used to stimulate debate on the mandatory vaccination policy. Such frames established three broader concepts in the media: civil liberty theory, duty-based ethics, and social-vulnerability theory. This study analyzed how mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers in England was framed in the UK national media. The broader concepts built in the media heightened debate on the policy, creating a voluminous amount of coverage and criticism that may have played a role in the mandate's reversal.

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报纸对英国医护人员强制接种 COVID-19 疫苗的报道：定性框架分析

2021 年，COVID-19 疫苗成为英格兰医护人员的强制疫苗。媒体对该强制规定进行了广泛报道，并成为公众关注的问题。本研究旨在通过对英国媒体报道的框架分析，了解英国关于强制接种 COVID-19 疫苗的讨论。研究人员从英国全国性报纸中找到了 2021 年 11 月至 2022 年 4 月间撰写的文章：每日电讯报》（和《星期日电讯报》）、《泰晤士报》（和《星期日泰晤士报》）、《卫报》（和《观察家报》）、《独立报》、《每日邮报》（和《星期日邮报》）、《每日镜报》、《每日快报》和《太阳报》。在进行框架分析之前，根据资格标准对文章进行了筛选。样本包括 204 篇文章。安全的人员配备、员工待遇、Covid 环境的变化以及保护患者安全被确定为用于激发对强制疫苗接种政策的讨论的框架。这些框架在媒体中确立了三个更广泛的概念：公民自由理论、责任伦理和社会脆弱性理论。本研究分析了英国国家媒体是如何为英国医护人员强制接种 COVID-19 疫苗的。媒体中建立的更广泛的概念加剧了对该政策的讨论，产生了大量的报道和批评，这可能是该强制措施被撤销的原因之一。

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Journal of Health Communication Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives is the leading journal covering the full breadth of a field that focuses on the communication of health information globally. Articles feature research on: • Developments in the field of health communication; • New media, m-health and interactive health communication; • Health Literacy; • Social marketing; • Global Health; • Shared decision making and ethics; • Interpersonal and mass media communication; • Advances in health diplomacy, psychology, government, policy and education; • Government, civil society and multi-stakeholder initiatives; • Public Private partnerships and • Public Health campaigns. Global in scope, the journal seeks to advance a synergistic relationship between research and practical information. With a focus on promoting the health literacy of the individual, caregiver, provider, community, and those in the health policy, the journal presents research, progress in areas of technology and public health, ethics, politics and policy, and the application of health communication principles. The journal is selective with the highest quality social scientific research including qualitative and quantitative studies.