TY - JOUR AU - Mari, Will PY - 2020/10/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A short history of pandemic coverage on the Internet: SARS, H1N1 and MERS JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 25 IS - 11 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v25i11.10826 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10826 SP - AB - <p>This short history of previous online pandemic news coverage (of SARS, H1N1, MERS, c. 2003–2012) draws on Pew Research Center data and then-contemporary primary sources, including meta-journalistic analysis, to explore continuities and divergences to the present and our ongoing coranavirus pandemic. Numerous trends, including a cycle of neglect and panic, emerged on the Internet in the 2000s, and have become exacerbated over time. Other, more positive trends, such as more interactive and helpfully mediated/curated access to health experts, have also emerged. This study provides important context for our current moment.</p> ER -