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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795663903321

Autore

Rahman Serina

Titolo

Communicating COVID-19 Effectively in Malaysia : Challenges and Recommendations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

981-5011-32-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (51 pages)

Soggetti

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Malaysia

Communication in public health - Malaysia

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Introduction -- MALAYSIA’S COVID-19 EXPERIENCE -- OVERCOMING THE INFODEMIC WITH A COMBINATION OF COMMUNICATION APPROACHES -- MALAYSIA’S COMMUNICATIONS ECOSYSTEM FOR COVID-19 -- THE POLITICS OF MALAYSIA’S COVID-19 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY -- POLITICAL SPILLOVER ON COVID-19 MANAGEMENT -- ANALYSING MALAYSIA’S PANDEMIC COMMUNICATION CONTENT -- GRASSROOTS COVID-19 COMMUNICATION -- THE FUTURE OF COVID-19 COMMUNICATION

Sommario/riassunto

Malaysia was initially lauded for its ability to combat the first few waves of COVID-19 but infection spikes since the Sabah state elections in September 2020 and subsequent exponential increases in both infections and deaths in 2021 left the nation reeling. Nationwide vaccination is seen as the only way out of the pandemic.Malaysia's COVID-19 communication strategy was hampered by political machinations and myriad changes in government. The need to shore up favour among the electorate resulted in inconsistent messaging and regular U-turns whenever there was public outrage at arbitrary restric.