Title
How did the internet communication media report on the outbreak the Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Peru?
Other title
¿Cómo informaron los medios de comunicación web sobre el brote de síndrome de Guillain-Barré en Perú?
Date Issued
31 March 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Granados-Castañeda L.R.
Pantoja-Costa A.R.
Díaz-Vélez C.
Publisher(s)
Medical Body of the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo National Hospital
Abstract
Objetive: Analyze the characteristics of the news about Guillain-Barré syndrome issued by the main web media in Peru, the outbreak during May to July 2018. Material and Methods: The characteristics of the news issued by the main media were analyzed. Peruvian web communication on the Guillain-Barré Syndrome between the months of May to July 2018. The news was classified according to the news (informative, educational and with high perception of the risk of contagion and death), scope, date and framing. Results: It was found that the highest percentage of news items were informative (25.7%), while those with the lowest percentage were those of an educational nature (7.8%). In the analysis of the frame it was found that the highest percentage of news focused on the case report of Guillain-Barré (56.4%), while the lowest percentage was the shortage of medicines (2.2%). Conclusions: Most of the news was informative about the cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Start page
48
End page
51
Volume
14
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurociencias
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85119181536
Source
Revista del Cuerpo Medico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
ISSN of the container
22255109
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