Reporting on health issues: communicating public health through the press in times of crisis
Date
2015Source
International Journal of Communication and HealthVolume
5Issue
1Google Scholar check
Keyword(s):
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Concern for public health is considered to be of crucial societal value for the national policy of every
democratic government. As usually happens, the status and changes to social policy may be widely communicated by the media in every country in various ways, either in favor of or against government planning, depending on different factors. Such media saturation can result in deep concern in the area of health issues. Add the current economic crisis, especially as depicted in certain countries of Southern Europe, to such concerns, and reporting on health issues becomes an interesting challenge for the media outlets in these countries. This paper presents a comparative study concerning the press coverage of health issues in the Republic of Cyprus. The study is divided in two parts; the first part was conducted before and the second part after the banking crisis became evident in the local society. The aim of this paper is to examine whether health reporting in the national press was altered after the crisis, and, if so, in which ways.