Pandemic Communication in Times of Populism: Building Resilient Media and Ensuring Effective Pandemic Communication in Divided Societies
Funders Involved: ESRC; FAPESP; NSF; NCN
This project will develop the first comprehensive, comparative study of health crisis communication in the context of populist politics, bringing significant advances in knowledge at the intersection of political communication and public health. This research will inform recommendations aimed at building more resilient media organisations that are better equipped to withstand the challenges of future pandemics in divided societies.
Lead Principal Investigator: Professor Sabina Mihelj, (S.Mihelj@lboro.ac.uk), Centre for Research on Communication and Culture, Loughborough University, UK
Principal Investigators:
Dr Václav Štětka (V.Stetka@lboro.ac.uk), Centre for Research on Communication and Culture, Loughborough University, UK
Professor Danilo Rothberg (danilo.rothberg@unesp.br), Department of Human Sciences, São Paulo State University, Brazil
Professor Marlene Laruelle (laruelle@email.gwu.edu), Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, USA
Professor Daniel Hallin (dhallin@ucsd.edu), Department of Communication, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
Professor Beata Klimkiewicz (beatakl@hotmail.com), Institute of Journalism and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland