2021 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 25-31
COVID19, the new coronavirus infection, has thrown society into turmoil and has drastically altered our behavior. Were such changes, however, mainly triggered by the news and other information which we receive every day from the media. Was this information correct, and how was it communicated? Infected people and medical facilities that had been exposed to the outbreaks of the disease began to be vilified, and more dubious information was reported in the mass media, leading some people to hoard toilet paper. By looking back at how the media confronted the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be possible to find the best way to communicate information in the event of a possible epidemic in the future. For this purpose, we would like to consider implementing a system for collecting, accumulating and analyzing media records as a mechanism for finding the optimal solution to the problem.
