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POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND COVID-19 This edited collection compares and analyses the most prominent political com- municative responses to the outbreak and global spread of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus within 27 nations across five continents and two supranational organisations: the European Union (EU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The book encompasses the various governments’ communication of the crisis, the role played by opposition and the vibrancy of the information environment within each nation. The chapters analyse the communication drawing on theoretical perspectives drawn from the fields of crisis communication, political communication and political psychology. In doing so the book develops a framework to assess the extent to which state communication followed the key indicators of effective communication encapsulated in the principles of: being first; being right; being credible; expressing empathy; promoting action and showing respect. The book also examines how communication circulated within the mass and social media environments and what impact differences in spokespersons, messages and the broader context have on the success of implementing measures likely to reduce the spread of the virus. Cumulatively, the authors develop a global analysis of the responses and how these are shaped by their specific contexts and by the flow of information, while offering lessons for future political crisis communication. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of politics, com- munication and public relations, specifically on courses and modules relating to current affairs, crisis communication and strategic communication, as well as practitioners working in the field of health crisis communication. Darren Lilleker is a Professor of Political Communication in the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University, UK. He is Convenor of the Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research and teaches across the politics programmes. He has led a range of research projects using qualitative and quantitative methods; and delivered lectures and workshops to students across the world. Ioana A. Coman is an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, USA. She teaches courses focused on public relations, journalism and entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on how different actors engage and interact in risk and crisis com- munication situations via different platforms, within different contexts and at dif- ferent levels. Her research has received national and international awards and grants including the Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar (2019 and 2020). Miloš Gregor is an Assistant Professor at Masaryk University, the Czech Republic. He teaches courses on political communication and marketing, propaganda, disin- formation and fake news. Together with Petra Mlejnková, he is a mentor of projects Choose Your Info (Zvol si info) and Fakescape, both dedicated to media literacy awareness. Both projects received awards in the international Peer to Peer: Global Digital Challenge competition. Edoardo Novelli is an Associate Professor at the University of Roma Tre, Italy. He teaches Political Communication and Media Sociology. His research interests focus on political communication, history of propaganda, electoral campaigns, and on the relationship between politics, media and images. He has been Principal Investigator of international research projects, including the European Election Monitoring Centre, and he is Head of the digital archive of Italian political commercials. Politics, Media and Political Communication Titles in this series include: Communication in Global Jihad Jonathan Matusitz Democracy and Fake News Information Manipulation and Post-Truth Politics Edited by Serena Giusti and Elisa Piras Political Communication and COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis Edited by Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor and Edoardo Novelli For more information about this series, please visit: https :/ /ww w .rou tledg e .com /Poli tics- Media -and- Polit ical-C ommun icat ion /bo o k- s eries/ POLME D POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis Edited by Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor and Edoardo Novelli First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor and Edoardo Novelli; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor and Edoardo Novelli to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-0-367-63683-8 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-63679-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-12025-4 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India CONTENTS Tables x Contributors xi Foreword xviii Introduction: Political communication, governance and rhetoric in times of crisis 1 Ioana A. Coman, Dalia Elsheikh, Miloš Gregor, Darren Lilleker and Edoardo Novelli CASE STUDIES 17 1 World Health Organisation: The challenges of providing global leadership 19 Darren Lilleker and Miloš Gregor 2 China: Diversion, ingratiation and victimisation 34 Menglin Liu and Shan Xu 3 Japan: New directions for digital Japan 44 Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki 4 South Korea: No shutdown, no lockdown 55 Jangyul Robert Kim and Sera Choi 5 The United States: Politics versus science? 67 John M. Callahan viii Contents 6 The EU: The story of a tragic hero and the 27 dwarfs 79 Dennis Lichtenstein 7 France: An unpopular government facing an unprecedented crisis 88 Pierre-Emmanuel Guigo 8 Australia: A triumph of sorts 99 Fiona Wade 9 Germany: Between a patchwork and best-practice 111 Isabelle Borucki and Ulrike Klinger 10 India: A spectacle of mismanagement 123 Chindu Sreedharan 11 Italy: The frontrunner of the Western countries in an unexpected crisis 132 Edoardo Novelli 12 Spain: Managing the uncertain while facing economic collapse 145 Sergio Pérez Castaños and Alberto Mora Rodríguez 13 Sweden: Lone hero or stubborn outlier? 155 Bengt Johansson and Orla Vigsø 14 The UK: From consensus to confusion 165 Ruth Garland and Darren Lilleker 15 Egypt: Emotive speech masks a complicated reality 177 Dalia Elsheikh 16 Russia: A glass wall 188 Svetlana S. Bodrunova 17 Austria: A ski resort as the virus slingshot of Europe 201 Katie Bates and Lore Hayek 18 Iran: Disciplinary strategies and governmental campaigning 211 Azra Ghandeharion and Josef Kraus Contents ix 19 Brazil: More than just a little flu 220 Ícaro Joathan, Andrea Medrado and Thainã Medeiros 20 Norway: From strict measures to pragmatic flexibility 231 Bente Kalsnes and Eli Skogerbø 21 Iceland: No lockdown and experts at the forefront 239 Jón Gunnar Ólafsson 22 Ireland: Solid swansong from caretaker government 248 Dawn Wheatley 23 The Czech Republic: Self-proclaimed role models 259 Otto Eibl and Miloš Gregor 24 Hungary: Illiberal crisis management 269 Norbert Merkovity, Márton Bene and Xénia Farkas 25 Poland: Protecting the nation while struggling to maintain power 280 Michał Jacuński 26 Ghana: Political expediency or competent leadership? 292 Sally Osei-Appiah 27 South Africa: A united front? A divided government 303 Robert Mattes and Ian Glenn 28 Kosovo: Political crisis, one more challenge alongside COVID-19 312 Dren Gërguri 29 Turkey: Declaring war on an epidemic 323 Elif Kahraman 30 Political communication and COVID-19: Governance and rhetoric in global comparative perspective 333 Darren Lilleker, Ioana Coman, Miloš Gregor and Edoardo Novelli
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