How the Media Fed the Public’s Coronavirus Anxiety

Headline Diplomat eJournal – Issue 1, Series 2
The perilous lenses of COVID-19: The sociopolitical impact
Catherine Hamilton, Content Writer, Headline Diplomat, LUDCI.eu, LinkedIn
When the first fragments of coronavirus news slipped through the media sieve, it was presented as a distant – if voracious – threat, which had made its way through China after originating in Wuhan at the end of December 2019.

By March, however, the coronavirus had penetrated Europe, wreaking havoc in Northern Italy, and those living throughout the continent began to feel the first quivers of fear, as we each be...