Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?

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Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Felisbela
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/46080
Resumo: The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that hit Portugal in November 2014 was the third largest worldwide and was declared a “great public health emergency”. Nonetheless, the Portuguese outbreak, despite killing 12 people and infecting 375 others did not promote extensive media coverage, nor did it make it into the political debate. We conducted a quantitative analysis of 83 news pieces on Legionella published in four national newspapers, and interviewed the journalists who covered this outbreak. The communication process was controlled by a small group of official sources and the outbreak was pushed away from news lineups due to two political scandals. The production of another news wave made the outbreak’s news wave to break prematurely.
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spelling Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?Um grande surto de Legionella ausente do debate públicoLegionnaires’ diseaseDisease outbreaksHealth communicationJournalismNews wavesLegionellaSurto de doençasComunicação em saúdeJornalismoOndas noticiosasCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoScience & TechnologyThe Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that hit Portugal in November 2014 was the third largest worldwide and was declared a “great public health emergency”. Nonetheless, the Portuguese outbreak, despite killing 12 people and infecting 375 others did not promote extensive media coverage, nor did it make it into the political debate. We conducted a quantitative analysis of 83 news pieces on Legionella published in four national newspapers, and interviewed the journalists who covered this outbreak. The communication process was controlled by a small group of official sources and the outbreak was pushed away from news lineups due to two political scandals. The production of another news wave made the outbreak’s news wave to break prematurely.O surto de Legionella que atingiu Portugal em novembro de 2014 foi o terceiro maior em nível mundial, constituindo “uma grande emergência de saúde pública”. Ainda assim, o surto português não promoveu uma longa cobertura mediática, apesar das 12 mortes e 375 pessoas infetadas. Nem entrou no debate político. Fizemos uma análise quantitativa das 83 notícias sobre Legionella publicadas em quatro jornais nacionais, e conduzimos entrevistas com os jornalistas que cobriram este surto. O processo comunicativo foi controlado por um pequeno grupo de fontes oficiais, e o surto foi rapidamente afastado dos alinhamentos noticiosos, sendo substituído por dois escândalos políticos. A produção de outra onda noticiosa fez com que a onda noticiosa do surto de Legionella se quebrasse prematuramente.(undefined)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionUNESPUniversidade do MinhoLopes, FelisbelaAraújo, Rita Alexandra Manso2017-062017-06-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/46080eng1807-576210.1590/1807-57622016.0048info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:47:07Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/46080Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:45:11.825729Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
Um grande surto de Legionella ausente do debate público
title Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
spellingShingle Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
Lopes, Felisbela
Legionnaires’ disease
Disease outbreaks
Health communication
Journalism
News waves
Legionella
Surto de doenças
Comunicação em saúde
Jornalismo
Ondas noticiosas
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
Science & Technology
title_short Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
title_full Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
title_fullStr Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
title_full_unstemmed Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
title_sort Why has a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak been absent from public debate?
author Lopes, Felisbela
author_facet Lopes, Felisbela
Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso
author_role author
author2 Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lopes, Felisbela
Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Legionnaires’ disease
Disease outbreaks
Health communication
Journalism
News waves
Legionella
Surto de doenças
Comunicação em saúde
Jornalismo
Ondas noticiosas
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
Science & Technology
topic Legionnaires’ disease
Disease outbreaks
Health communication
Journalism
News waves
Legionella
Surto de doenças
Comunicação em saúde
Jornalismo
Ondas noticiosas
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
Science & Technology
description The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that hit Portugal in November 2014 was the third largest worldwide and was declared a “great public health emergency”. Nonetheless, the Portuguese outbreak, despite killing 12 people and infecting 375 others did not promote extensive media coverage, nor did it make it into the political debate. We conducted a quantitative analysis of 83 news pieces on Legionella published in four national newspapers, and interviewed the journalists who covered this outbreak. The communication process was controlled by a small group of official sources and the outbreak was pushed away from news lineups due to two political scandals. The production of another news wave made the outbreak’s news wave to break prematurely.
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