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Constructing Media Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Insights from Newspaper Coverage

Original Article | Published: 25 November 2023 | Volume: 10 Issue: 2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36481/diujahs.v10i2.90bz6d56

Md. Salman Sohel

Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Habib Mohammad Ali

Department of Media Studies and Journalism, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

Md. Bodiujjaman

Department of Public Administration, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Abstract

The study aims to identify how Bangladeshi newspapers disseminate the information, data, message and also exams what types of contents are used in conjunction with news coverage for framing recent pandemic crisis. A total of 4292 (The daily Star-1597, The Asian Age-1382, The Sun-1313) news stories are analyzed to examine which have been published by media house on the topic of recent COVID-19 pandemic crisis during 30 January to 8 April 2020 (70 days) in Bangladesh. This study identifies 24 contents are used by the newspapers for covering pandemic situation. In addition; this study shows comparison among the three daily newspapers on every 10-daybasis. This exploratory finding would be a crucial pathway for media house, journalist, administrators, civil society, and policymakers.

Keywords

COVID-19, Pandemic, Infected, Discrimination, Bangladesh.

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