Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 1
Schools Division Office 1 Pangasinan
ANDA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sablig, Anda, Pangasinan
“Corona Diseases (COVID-19): The Impact and Role Mass Media During the Pandemic”
Submitted In Partial Fulfillment For The Requirements In English (RESEARCH REPORT) Of
Anda National High School, Sablig, Anda Pangasinan
Submitted to:
Mrs. Fortunata D. Bauzon
English 10 Adviser
Submitted by:
Klynth Kennedy Caracas
John Kevin B. Reyes
Grade 10- Aguinaldo
Introduction
With the emergence of social networks and their omnipresence, especially as a source of
information in critical situations, the information environment has become significantly more
complex since the last worldwide epidemic of H1N1 influenza. Today, people are faced with an
abundance of information from various sources, many of them are not credible, and the way key
information is relayed to the public has become critical (The Lancet, 2020). As a result, high-
ranking officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) have recently spoken about the
need to fight not only the current COVID-19 pandemic but also the related infodemic.
In the present research, we were thus interested in how different informational outlets (besides
media, we also analyzed the communication of various officials) can shape perceptions,
emotional responses, and whether credible communication can promote behavioral responses
(i.e., adherence to preventive and protective measures) to the novel crisis situation.
Definition of terms
omnipresence- the state of being widespread or constantly encountered.
infodemic- too much information including false or misleading information in digital and
physical environments during a disease outbreak.
informational outlets- resources of information.
subject- a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
equitable- fair and impartial.
anonymity- the condition of being anonymous.
disseminate- spread (something, especially information) widely.
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Review of Related Literature
Local Literature
Drawing from experiences of previous pandemics, the Philippine government conducted
contact tracing and imposed a travel ban covering foreigners from China, Hong Kong and Macau
after reports of the first few cases and deaths due to COVID-19. In the succeeding weeks, it
issued another travel ban covering foreigners from South Korea and Taiwan. However, these
bans were only briefly successful as the number of confirmed cases increased in the weeks that
followed. While the bans prevented potentially infected people from spreading the disease in the
Philippines, travelers from other countries where the disease was already spreading but not
subject to the travel bans were not tested. No other interventions were done until early
community transmission was reported on March 6 and after the WHO declared COVID-19 as a
pandemic on March.
Foreign Literature
The SSRC and SAGE Publishing are pleased to present the first of a series of conversations—
REIMAGINING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS—a public forum focused on the work of cultivating
equitable, anti-racist social institutions. The first event in the series, REIMAGINING
SCHOOLS, featured several prominent experts of inequality in higher education.
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Methodology
In total, 4,000 people have responded to the survey. Of those, 2,424 gave their informed
consent and 1,722 completed the survey (81.7% were women, eight stated their gender as other
and were excluded from gender-differences analyses). Data collection for this cross-sectional
study started within 48 hours of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Slovenia. The survey was
hosted on a local survey hosting platform that complies with national and European General Data
Protection Regulation, guaranteeing participants' anonymity.
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Results and Discussion
The participants reported some degrees of concern and fear of contracting COVID-19 even
before the first Slovenian case of COVID-19 was confirmed. The reported severity of the disease
and perceived possibilities of containing its spread before it reached Slovenia were rated at about
the midpoint (see Table 1), with females being slightly more afraid and perceiving the disease as
more severe.
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Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
Effective health communication or even communication that is perceived by people to be
effective in terms of credibility remains crucial in adopting protective measures and fighting
misinformation. This conclusion has several potential implications for health communication
practice. In early stages of communication, medical professionals and scientists have a higher
credibility potential, suggesting they should be intensively included in public communication and
disseminate important health-related information and advice on proper protective measures.
Moreover, our results suggest that such communication could be effective in positively reframing
the pandemic situation. It would serve as a protective factor in an emotionally taxing
environment, where isolation measures have left people without interpersonal contact, uncertain
and afraid as to what the future might hold for them, in terms of both health and their financial
status.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….……..…………
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II. Review of Related Literature………………………………………………..…………….……
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III. Methodology…………………………………………………………..………………………3
IV. Results and Discussion……………………………………………………..………….………4
V. Summary, Conclusion, Recommendation………………………………………………………
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VI. References…………………………………………………………………………..…………6
