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Author Arora, Shubhda

Title Media Narratives and the COVID-19 Pandemic The Asian Experience
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (260 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The 'Global Village' in the Time of Corona -- Remembering Pandemics and Natural Disasters -- References -- Part I: Missing and Marginalized Narratives -- Chapter 1: Unrest in the Comments: Voicing the Discontent of Japan's Foreign Residents in the Comments Sections of Japan Today -- Introduction -- Big in Japan, but Always an Outsider -- Having Your Say: News Comments and Their Value -- Methods
Reader Sentiment and Article Themes -- Entry Ban -- State of Emergency: What Emergency? -- Second-Class Citizens -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Gender, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Investigation into Missing Gendered Narratives in Indian News Media -- Introduction -- Gendered Impact of Covid-19 -- Gender and Media: Gender Bias in News Media/Coverage -- Methodology -- A Brief Overview of Indian Press -- Gender and the Indian News Media -- Of Numbers and Statistics -- 'Symbolic Annihilation' of Gender Concerns -- Conclusion -- References
Chapter 3: The Mask Dilemma: Hierarchy between Two Know-Hows in Chinese-Language Media of Canada -- The Study -- The Pre-Outbreak Phase -- Confinement and Border Control -- The Mask Issue -- The Theresa Tam Issue -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Missing Media Narratives: Covid's Impact on Transgender Population in India -- Introduction -- Impact of Covid on Indian Transgender Community: Three Case-Studies -- Missing Media Narratives: Analysis of English News-Stories on Transgender Persons -- Theme One: Impact of Covid and 2020 Lockdown/Pandemic on Transgender Population
Theme Two: Plight of Hijra Community during Covid -- Theme Three: Government Initiatives -- Theme Four: Government Negligence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part II: Media Memory and Narratives -- Chapter 5: Masked Presence: Covid-19 and Remembering SARS in Taiwan -- Introduction -- The "Taiwan Model" for Containing Covid-19 -- Mask Diplomacy and Masked Governance -- Masking as a Total Social Fact -- "Lucky to be Taiwanese"? SARS, Masks, and Covid-19 -- The Past, Redux: Remembering SARS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Familial Halcyon: Narratives of Nostalgia in the Lockdown
Introduction -- The Disjuncture Apparatus -- 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' -- Second-Order Myths and Intellectual Uncertainty -- Narratives of Nostalgia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Media Bias and Propaganda -- Chapter 7: Taiwan Can Help: Covid-19, the Model Minority State, and the Limits of Taiwan-as-Beacon Rhetoric -- Taiwan-as-Beacon and the Model Minority State -- Covid-19 and the Model Minority State -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Myths of Hate: Digital Deception in the (Communal) Times of Covid-19 -- Introduction -- The Deception Ecosystem
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Islamophobia and The Indian State
Subject COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Press coverage -- Asia
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Asia
Press coverage.
Social aspects.
Asia.
Form Electronic book
Author J. Kumar, Keval
ISBN 9781000903102
1000903109