Ebola at the borders: newspaper representations and the politics of border control

被引：18

作者：

Abeysinghe, Sudeepa ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Social & Polit Sci, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY | 2016年 / 37卷 / 03期

关键词：

sociology; Ebola; media; security; border control; RISK;

D O I：

10.1080/01436597.2015.1111753

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

As well as a site of politics and public health action, the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has been a focus of media representations. This paper examines print media narratives around border control in relation to Ebola in the UK, the USA and Australia from the start of the epidemic to May 2015. It shows that Ebola became mobilised as a frame through which domestic politics could be discussed. The disease was transformed from a problem for West Africa to a problem for the West. The context of West Africa and affected populations was homogenised and hidden. The focus of reporting centred upon domestic political actions and more local sources of threat.

引用

页码：452 / 467

页数：16

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