著者

澤 康臣

出版者

日本メディア学会

雑誌

マス・コミュニケーション研究 (ISSN:13411306)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.98, pp.3-17, 2021-01-31 (Released:2021-05-18)

参考文献数

26

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More and more interviews are conducted through video conferences as analternative to the ever falling number of press conferences in order to preventthe further spread of COVID-19. This paper mainly discusses interviews conductedwith journalism practitioners to analyze how their communication wereaffected by the pandemic in three aspects—namely, their communication withinterviewees, fellow journalists, and readers or the audience. The findings aresummarized as follows. First, reporters are hindered from conducting interviewsin person and depending on materials provided from intervieweesinstead. Second, unable to help each other at press conferences or in person,reporters are taken control of by interviewees. Third, scant coverage ofinfected people and bereaved families was noted, along with coverage that triggerson-line witch hunts targeting the infected, as well as a tendency amongofficials and medical experts disclosure and coverage based on effectiveness incurbing the pandemic, rather than the role of independent journalism.