During the outbreak of the epidemic: The development and changes of mainstream media reports and the impact on public opinion


Jiaqi CHANG

Supervisor: Mr. Mark Robert LENT


The topic divided three key points: A localized Chinese crisis, Regional Crisis and Global Security. The New York Times is now the main target of analysis. On January 20, 2020, Zhong Nanshan, the Director of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory, made it clear that COVID-19 had the characteristics of human-to-human transmission. The world health organization declared COVID-19 is a global pandemic on March 11. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has not only brought harm to the China but also posed a great threat to the lives of people, the economic and social development of all countries. In Google, daily updates of the COVID-19 epidemic situation in the United States, Italy and India, and the geographical distribution of cases have become the most popular topics.



Last Updated:Jul 7, 2023