TY - BOOK AU - Bernhagen,Patrick AU - Kybelka,David TI - Corona, the Lockdown, and the Media: A Quantitative Frame Analysis of Media Coverage and Restrictive Policy Responses T2 - Viral Politics , SN - 9783110765205 PY - 2024///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - COVID-19 KW - Frame ‹Journalismus› KW - Krisenmanagement KW - Massenmedien / Wirkung KW - Staatstätigkeit KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Crisis Response KW - Frame Analysis KW - Media Influence KW - Public Policy N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Chapter 1 How a Global Pandemic Prompts Unprecedented Government Action --; Chapter 2 COVID-19, Public Policy, and the Media in Social Science Research --; Chapter 3 Theoretical Expectations about Media Influence on Crisis Response --; Chapter 4 Data on Restrictive Policy Measures, Media Frames, Public Opinion and the Pandemic --; Chapter 5 Predicting the Adoption of Restrictive Policy Measures --; Chapter 6 The News Media and the Lockdown: Different Frames, no Impact --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Corona, the Lockdown, and the Media investigates media influence on policies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Bernhagen and Kybelka propose that news reporting on the pandemic pitches human impact against economic consequences of the virus and of restrictive policy measures designed to contain it. They argue that the use of these frames influences governments’ decisions to enact or lift lockdown measures. Using time series data from England, France, and Germany, the authors show that news reporting on COVID-19 was indeed characterized by these media frames. However, there is no evidence of media influence on government policy. Instead, the authors find that anti-pandemic policy decisions were responsive to public opinion in these countries UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110765311 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110765311 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110765311/original ER -