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  • Attention cycles and the H1N1 pandemic: a cross-national study of US and Korean newspaper coverage

    • Authors: Hyun Jung Oh; Thomas Hove; Hye-Jin Paek; Byoungkwan Lee; Hyegyu Lee; Sun Kyu Song (2012)

  • This study analyzes US and South Korean news coverage of the H1N1 pandemic to examine cross-cultural variations in attention cycle patterns, cited sources, and news frames. A content analysis was conducted on 630 articles from US and Korean newspapers during the period of April to October 2009. It found that attention cycle patterns, news frames, and sources varied across the two countries according to professional norms, cultural values, social ideologies, and occur-rences of relevant events. While US news coverage showed two phases of waxing and waning attention, Korean news coverage showed five phases. The frames used in US news stories placed more emphasis on attribution of respon...