Risk Communication and COVID-19 : Governmental Communication and Management of Pandemic (Hardcover)

Part I: Introduction??Introduction? 1. Risk Communication During Crisis and Post-Crisis Loops: How Governments Communicated about COVID-19 and the Vaccines ? Conceptual Framework??Part II: National Case Studies??Africa??2. Ghana: Communicating State Capacity Through Humour and Strategic Absences? 3. South Africa: Government Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic??Americas??4. Brazil: From Denialism to Cynicism? 5. Mexico: Governmental Communication and Management of the Pandemic of COVID-19 ? The “Vespertinas” as Communication Strategy??6. The United States: A Fragmented and Inconsistent Response in a Polarised Environment??Europe??7. Czechia: From Chaos and Ignorance to Calm and Vaccination ? Government Communication on COVID-19? 8. Italy: Managing Risk and Crisis Communication in the Context of Political Instability? 9. Sweden: the Quiet Consensus??Middle East??10. Egypt: From Empathetic Rhetoric to Pragmatism ? Addressing Healthcare Inequities in the COVID-19 Response? 11. Iran: On the Front Lines and Yet Isolated ? During the COVID-19 Pandemic? 12. Israel: COVID-19 and Public Information??South-East Asia??13. India: The Message, the Messenger, the Messiah ? COVID-19 Communication under Modi? 14. Vietnam: Dynamic Response and Communication Strategy in the COVID-19 Pandemic? 15. Thailand: Inconsistency and Obscurity of Government-led Communication During the Pandemic??Western Pacific??16. Japan: Risk Communication and COVID-19? 17. China: Unraveling Crisis Communication ? Assessing Strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic? 18. Aotearoa New Zealand: The World-beating Response that Lost its Lustre??Part III: Conclusion??Conclusion: Risk Communication during COVID-19 and National and Global Lessons Learned

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