A first ! The Covid-19f pandemic was the subject of "unprecedented" media coverage in the French press, according to a report published Thursday by the watch platform Tagaday, formerly Press'edd.
In March, the visibility of the epidemic in the press did not stop growing until reaching its peak on March 20, four days after the announcement of the confinement, with more than 19,000 citations recorded in a single day, according to Tagaday.
One article in two dealing with the subject
"Or nearly one article in two dealing with the subject on all of French journalistic production (print and web publishing): an absolute record", emphasize the authors of the study.
For comparison, the movement of "yellow vests" reached its peak with 6,095 citations on a day at the height of the dispute in December 2018. The election of Emmanuel Macron in May 2017 was the subject of 7,698 citations.
48% of all journalistic content produced in April
The coronavirus represented 38% of all journalistic content produced in March, and 48% in April, a new record according to the study, before falling back to 36% in May. The terms containment, epidemic, health, pandemic and mask are the most cited, in order.
This study was carried out from March 1 to May 31, 2020 from a sample of 3,000 titles and French media sites.
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