A Corpus-based Approach to Frame ‘COVID-19 Vaccination’ in Malaysian English Newspapers

IF 0.7 Q3 COMMUNICATION
Norasyikin Abdul Malik, M. S. Y. Shak, N. Hasni
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Abstract

Most studies on COVID-19 have been massively dedicated on how the disease was framed in the newspaper, its psychological effects, and its message or content disinformation. Research on the COVID-19 vaccination in newspapers and its acceptance among the masses is still quite scarce. The study adopted a corpus approach that involves wordlist, keyword list, collocates, and concordance analysis to analyse how ‘COVID-19 vaccination’ was framed in a focused and specialised English Malaysian newspapers corpus. #Lanscbox 5.0 corpus tool was employed in conducting the empirical analysis. The empirical analysis revealed that ‘COVID-19 vaccination’ was positively framed in different ways in the newspaper. The analysis of collocates and concordance lines revealed that the news reports mainly used Solution-oriented Frame which highlighted the Malaysian government’s effort in combating the pandemic. The newspaper was also found to use Mathematical frame in the effort to convince the public with regards to the updates and statistics of vaccine takers. Nevertheless, the results also revealed the usage of sensational phrases that framed the COVID-19 vaccination negatively. These findings can enlighten newspaper practitioners on what should be done and avoided in framing such an issue in their writings as well as how the public will perceive it. Keywords: Corpus-based analysis, COVID-19, mass media, news article, vaccination.
基于语料库的马来西亚英语报纸“COVID-19疫苗接种”框架方法
大多数关于COVID-19的研究都大量致力于研究报纸如何描述这种疾病、它的心理影响以及它的信息或内容是虚假的。关于新冠肺炎疫苗接种在报纸上的研究和在群众中的接受程度仍然相当缺乏。该研究采用语料库方法,包括词表、关键词表、搭配和一致性分析,以分析如何在重点和专业的马来西亚英语报纸语料库中构建“COVID-19疫苗接种”。采用#Lanscbox 5.0语料库工具进行实证分析。实证分析表明,“COVID-19疫苗接种”在报纸上以不同的方式被积极地描述。对搭配和一致性线的分析表明,新闻报道主要使用了以解决方案为导向的框架,突出了马来西亚政府为防治这一流行病所作的努力。该报还利用数学框架,向国民介绍疫苗接种者的最新情况和统计数据。尽管如此,调查结果也揭示了对COVID-19疫苗接种持负面态度的耸人听闻的短语的使用。这些发现可以启发报纸从业者在他们的写作中应该做什么和避免什么,以及公众将如何看待这个问题。关键词:基于语料库分析,COVID-19,大众媒体,新闻文章,疫苗接种
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40.00%
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38
期刊介绍: All scholars are invited to submit manuscripts to Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication. This journal provides a forum for empirical inquiries on human and mass communication and welcome conceptual, philosophical and theoretical essays or debates, book reviews and essay reviews directly contributing to communication or indirectly affecting it as a discipline. We suggest the following broad areas of research: -Communication and Policies -Globalization and Social Impact -Youth and Media Globalisation -Audience Analysis -Media, Democracy and Integration -Media Literacy and Media Education -Media and Development -Health Communication -Politics, Hegemony and the Media -ICT and Power -Gender and Sexuality in The Media -Social Media and Subcultures -Media, Popular Culture and Society -Media and Religion -Media and Identity -War, Conflict and Crisis Communication -Strategic Communication and Information Management
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