Politicizing COVID-19 Vaccines in the Press: A Critical Discourse Analysis.

IF 0.9 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SEMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-07-10 DOI:10.1007/s11196-021-09857-3

Ali Haif Abbas

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Abstract

Undoubtedly and unfortunately, COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized in media see Abbas (Int J Semiot Law, 2020), Rui Zhang (Media Asia 48:89-107, 2021). Although vaccines play a crucial role in eliminating the pandemic, they have been politicized by media. This article aims to show how COVID-19 vaccines are politicized in the press. The article collects some selected reports on vaccines taken from American and Chinese media. The reports are analyzed according to an analytical framework suggested by the researcher. The framework and data collection and description are clearly presented in the method section. Based on data analysis, the article shows that COVID-19 vaccines have been politicized. The study recommends that diseases and vaccines should not be politicized. In other words, we should respect and trust science and our scientists for no other purpose than to reach herd immunity and overcome a dangerous pandemic that has taken and is still taking thousands of innocent lives.

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媒体将COVID-19疫苗政治化:批评性话语分析

毫无疑问，不幸的是，COVID-19大流行已被媒体政治化，见Abbas (Int J Semiot Law, 2020)，张睿(media Asia 48:89-107, 2021)。尽管疫苗在消除大流行方面发挥着至关重要的作用，但它们已被媒体政治化。本文旨在展示COVID-19疫苗是如何被媒体政治化的。本文精选了中美两国媒体关于疫苗的部分报道。报告是根据研究人员提出的分析框架进行分析的。框架和数据收集和描述在方法部分清楚地给出。基于数据分析，文章认为新冠疫苗已被政治化。该研究建议，不应将疾病和疫苗政治化。换句话说，我们应该尊重和信任科学和我们的科学家，唯一的目的是实现群体免疫，克服一场已经夺走并仍在夺走成千上万无辜生命的危险大流行。

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