{"title":"Media, Humans and COVID-19 in Africa: A Complex or Symbiotic Relationship?","authors":"Ngozi Okpara","doi":"10.31901/24566772.2021/15.1-2.628","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa had peculiar shared values engraved in cultural and traditional heritages. These values dictated the socio-political and economic ways of life and largely set a precedence for how they were harnessed. The outbreak of COVID-19 caused a paradigm shift in the ways humans in traditional African societies conducted their lives. Africans as well as other people across the globe were forced to conform to the “new normal”, with the media being at the centre of information dissemination and enforcer of values. Findings revealed that media dependence during the pandemic complicated how the human person reacted and managed health issues during the lockdown which was induced by the global health emergency. In view of this, it was recommended that media focuses on the provision of solutions and constructively drive public enlightenment through the effective and factual reportage of issues in the society.","PeriodicalId":39279,"journal":{"name":"Studies on Ethno-Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies on Ethno-Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566772.2021/15.1-2.628","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa had peculiar shared values engraved in cultural and traditional heritages. These values dictated the socio-political and economic ways of life and largely set a precedence for how they were harnessed. The outbreak of COVID-19 caused a paradigm shift in the ways humans in traditional African societies conducted their lives. Africans as well as other people across the globe were forced to conform to the “new normal”, with the media being at the centre of information dissemination and enforcer of values. Findings revealed that media dependence during the pandemic complicated how the human person reacted and managed health issues during the lockdown which was induced by the global health emergency. In view of this, it was recommended that media focuses on the provision of solutions and constructively drive public enlightenment through the effective and factual reportage of issues in the society.
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Studies on Ethno-Medicine is a peer reviewed, internationally circulated journal. It publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles, timely reviews, brief communications, book reviews and other publications in the interdisciplinary field of ethno-medicine. The journal serves as a forum for physical, social and life scientists as well as for health professionals. The transdisciplinary areas covered by this journal include, but are not limited to, Physical Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Botany, Agriculture, Home Science, Zoology, Genetics, Biology, Medical Sciences, Public Health, Demography and Epidemiology. The journal publishes basic, applied and methodologically oriented research from all such areas. The journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscript of unusual interest. Further, the manuscripts are categorised under three types, namely - Regular articles, Short Communications and Reviews. The researchers are invited to submit original papers in English (papers published elsewhere or under consideration elsewhere shall not be considered).
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