Health Promot Perspect. 2020;10(3): 257-269. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2020.40

PMID: 32802763 PMCID: PMC7420175

Original Article

Communicating health crisis: a content analysis of global media framing of COVID-19

Jude Nwakpoke Ogbodo ^1,2 * , Emmanuel Chike Onwe ^1,2, Joseph Chukwu ^3,2, Chinedu Jude Nwasum ^3,2, Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu ³, Simon Ugochukwu Nwankwo ^1,2, Samuel Nwamini ^1,2, Stephen Elem ^1,2, Nelson Iroabuchi Ogbaeja ^1,2

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