COVID-19 Feature Episode: Dealing with COVID-19—The Perils of Using Previous Crises as a Reference Point, with Bram De Ridder

Humanities Matter by Brill

English - May 20, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has received unprecedented media coverage in the past 3 months. A large part of this coverage includes comparisons of the ongoing crisis to some major crises of the past, including the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. In a new study titled “When the Analogy Breaks: Historical References in Flemish News Media at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic” published in Brill’s Journal of Applied History, Dr. Bram De Ridder from KU Leuven, Belgium, analyzes how three Flemish media outlets covered the crisis recently and how their misplaced historical analogies could affect public perception, causing a problem in dealing with the current pandemic.

Guest: Bram De Ridder
Host: Leigh Giangreco