293. Name: Abu Naser M.S. Azad Title: The Reporting of Disasters in Global News Media: A Comparative Analysis of Media Coverage of Hurricane Harvey and the 2017 South Asian Flood (New York Times, Guardian, CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera) Institution: Tampere University Country: Finland Date: 2020 Language: English Abstract: This study compares the 2017 media coverage of Hurricane Harvey, in the United States, and the South Asian flood, which hit Bangladesh, India & Nepal. The study examines how five global media outlets (The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera) handled and framed the coverage. The study follows a frame analysis approach as the news media not only informs people about the disaster but also shapes our understanding, using specific framings. The research findings show that there is a remarkable difference in the volume of coverage between the two disasters with Hurricane Harvey getting substantially more media coverage than the South Asian flood. Moreover, analysis of the news articles showed that reports of both disasters used six different frames: the human-interest frame, the disaster-measurement frame, the disaster-management frame, the humanitarian frame, the political frame and the climate-change frame. In addition, all five news outlets followed a similar trend when using the frame types to report the two disasters. However, there are considerable qualitative differences in how each frame was used for reporting Hurricane Harvey and the South Asian flood.
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