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Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. urn:nbn:hr:142:035290
Benaković, Luka
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Benaković, L. (2023). Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

Benaković, Luka. "Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

Benaković, Luka. "Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

Benaković, L. (2023). 'Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 29 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

Benaković L. Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2023 [cited 2024 November 29] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

L. Benaković, "Vax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2023. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:035290

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TitleVax and Anti-vax Rhetoric in the British Electronic Media during the First and Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Title (croatian)Vakserska i antivakserska retorika u britanskim elektoroničkim medijima tijekom prvog i drugog vala pandemije Covida-19
AuthorLuka Benaković
MentorGoran Milić (mentor)
Committee memberAlma Vančura (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberGoran Milić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberAna Werkmann (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2023-09-29, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic shook the world in 2020, and the aftermath can still be felt today. Scientists were working on a vaccine to help people, but that only brought up another problem. It led to the resurgence of the anti-vax movement, with anti-vax protests being staged all over the world. The movement gained momentum fast and anti-vax misinformation could be found anywhere. This is also closely connected to rhetoric, the main topic of this research. The media did report on vaccines, but what kind of job did they do in their reporting. This was the main idea behind the paper. Previous studies did show in what way anti-vax rhetoric was spread and the strategies they used. This served as the stepping stone for this research, which focuses on digital written media and the rhetoric that was being used when talking about vaccination related topics during the first and second wave of the pandemic, when the vaccines were still a fresh topic of discussion. The goal of this research was to map differences in rhetoric use between newspapers and to see how they handled the reporting of vaccination-related topics. A corpus of articles from The Guardian and The Daily Mail was analysed in this paper, with each newspaper representing opposing political stances. The research is based on the qualitative analysis of the corpus, with research questions being inspired by similar studies done on this topic. Results match previous studies, with both newspapers using balanced reporting in relation to the topic. The main difference being in the way these newspapers used rhetoric to convey information. These findings are significant, because they can be used to address shortcomings when reporting on important topics such as Covid-19 and the vaccine.
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Languagecroatian
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:035290
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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