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September 10, 2025

Media Trauma Hotspot Embracing Exaggerated COVID‐19 Mortality Reporting: Dilemmas and Practical Implications

Key Points

Regions with a traumatic history had more favorable attitudes towards media reporting during COVID-19, reflecting complex dynamics.
The study revealed that 71,322 older adults from 250 local governments contributed data, emphasizing regional differences in media trust.
An observational analysis focused on media responses during COVID-19 highlighted unique clusters near trauma sites.
Findings suggest that understanding historical media trauma is crucial for developing effective communication strategies.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study explored positive response hotspots for the handling capacity of the mass media during the first and second outbreaks of COVID‐19, targeting older adults aged 65 and older (71322 samples) of 250 local governments across South Korea. This study confirmed that regions exposed to media repression by the military dictatorship, slaughtering large numbers of residents in 1980, are hotspot clusters of regions that showed the most favourable attitude towards the handling capacity of mass media during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The highest positive cluster appears near a city targeted by military‐controlled disinformation. The aggregated characteristic gradually weakens as it moves away from the traumatised epicentre. The media trauma hotspot emerged as a positive icon because the death risk news due to the COVID‐19 pandemic was at a level that residents could easily tolerate, considering media trauma during the military massacre.

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Sun‐Bi Um (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1afcd54b1d3bfb60e7dfd https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70009

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