The paper presents the results of an analysis aimed at mapping the themes through which covid-19 is represented in some Italian newspapers and the semantic structure that grounds and shapes the content of those themes. For this purpose, the ACASM (Automated Co-occurrence Analysis for Semantic Mapping) procedure was used and applied to a text corpus consisting of a set of national newspaper articles balanced by source, political orientation and publication period. The results show that Italian newspapers represented the pandemic according to four specific themes based on two semantic structures. The implications of these results are discussed.
Covid-19 representations in Italian newspapers: A text-based analysis / Reho, Matteo; Rocchi, Giulia; Kerusauskaite, Skaiste; Alessio, Margherita; Anconetani, Gerardo; Ciccone, Gaia; Coen, Sandy; Crescenzi, Giulia; Ferri, Lucrezia; Fiorentino, Lisa; Gioffrè, Antonella; Paolo Leva, Damiano; Luzzo, Francesco; Pollastro, Marta; Straniero, Martina; Strumia, Emma; Gennaro, Alessandro. - In: RIVISTA DI PSICOLOGIA CLINICA. - ISSN 1828-9363. - 2022:2(2023), pp. 40-60. [10.3280/rpc2-2022oa14839]
Covid-19 representations in Italian newspapers: A text-based analysis
Matteo Reho
Primo
;Giulia RocchiSecondo
;Skaiste Kerusauskaite;Margherita Alessio;Gaia Ciccone;Giulia Crescenzi;Marta Pollastro;Martina Straniero;Emma Strumia;Alessandro GennaroUltimo
2023
Abstract
The paper presents the results of an analysis aimed at mapping the themes through which covid-19 is represented in some Italian newspapers and the semantic structure that grounds and shapes the content of those themes. For this purpose, the ACASM (Automated Co-occurrence Analysis for Semantic Mapping) procedure was used and applied to a text corpus consisting of a set of national newspaper articles balanced by source, political orientation and publication period. The results show that Italian newspapers represented the pandemic according to four specific themes based on two semantic structures. The implications of these results are discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
