Culture of fear, age of anxiety case of the Ebola outbreak in 2014

Tämä gradu tutkii miten 2014 Ebola epidemiaa Länsi-Afrikassa kuvailtiin länsimaisessa mediassa, sekä sitä miten nämä kuvaukset liittyvät vallitsevaan pelon kulttuuriin. Pelon kulttuuri viittaa viime vuosikymmeninä länsimaissa kasvaneeseen ilmiöön, jossa pelosta on tullut vallitseva osa jokapäiväistä...

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Main Author: Pulkkinen, Maija
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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description Tämä gradu tutkii miten 2014 Ebola epidemiaa Länsi-Afrikassa kuvailtiin länsimaisessa mediassa, sekä sitä miten nämä kuvaukset liittyvät vallitsevaan pelon kulttuuriin. Pelon kulttuuri viittaa viime vuosikymmeninä länsimaissa kasvaneeseen ilmiöön, jossa pelosta on tullut vallitseva osa jokapäiväistä elämää jonka kautta maailmaa ymmärretään. Sosiologien Frank Furedi (2002), Barry Glassner (1999) and David Altheide (2006) tutkimukset pelon kulttuurista muodostavat teoreettisen viitekehyksen tälle tutkimukselle. Aineistoni koostuu englantilaisten The Guardian and Daily Mail lehtien Ebolaa käsittelevistä artikkeleista. Tutkimusmetodina on käytetty kvalitatiivista sisällönanalyysiä, sekä joitain aspekteja narratiivisista ja kvantitatiivisista tutkimusmetodeista. Tämän tutkimuksen tulokset ja sisällönanalyysi viittaa siihen, että Ebolaa käsiteltiin laajalti länsimaisen pelon näkökulmasta. Iso osa artikkeleista spekuloi Ebolan leviämisen mahdollisuutta Euroopassa, siitä huolimatta että epidemian todellinen uhka oli hyvin pieni. Lehtien välillä on tosin suuria eroja: Daily Mailin artikkelit usein lietsoivat pelkoa, mutta The Guardianin artikkelit painottivat että uhka Euroopassa on hyvin pieni. Artikkelien sisältö viittaa siihen, että Ebolan pelko liittyy laajempiin länsimaissa koettuihin pelkoihin, kuten sairauksien ja ‘muukalaisten’ pelkoon, sekä yleiseen turvattomuuden tunteeseen. Tämä tutkimus tuo myös postkoloniaalin näkökulman mukaan sosiologiseen keskusteluun pelon kulttuurista. Artikkelien toiseksi yleisin aihe oli terveydenhuollon ammattilaisten kokemukset ja tarinat Länsi-Afrikan Ebola alueella. Länsimaiset lääkärit ja hoitajat kuvattiin usein ‘sankareina’ jotka auttoivat ‘uhreja’, mikä heijastelee kolonialistisia epätasa-arvoisia suhteita. Kaiken kaikkiaan tämä tutkimus osoittaa, että pelolla oli vaikutusta siihen miten Ebola epidemiaan reagoitiin kansainvälisesti. Tämä viittaa siihen, että pelko ei ainoastaan vaikuta jokapäiväiseen elämään, mutta sillä saattaa olla myös kauaskantoisia vaikutuksia jopa kansainväliseen politiikkaan ja lakeihin. Avainsanat: Ebola, pelko, riski, Daily Mail, The Guardian The purpose of this study is to examine how 2014 Ebola outbreak was presented in Western media, and how it relates to the ways in which risks and dangers are constructed in Western societies. Sociological studies on culture of fear by Frank Furedi (2002), Barry Glassner (1999) and David Altheide (2006) provide a theoretical context for this thesis. Culture of fear refers to atmosphere of vulnerability in Western societies, which has increased over the past decades and fear has become an overarching perspective for viewing life. This study uses Ebola outbreak as a case study to analyse phenomenon of culture of fear. Empirical data consists of articles collected from two major British newspapers and their websites: The Guardian and Daily Mail. This thesis uses qualitative content analysis as a research method, accompanied with some aspects of both narrative and quantitative research. Data analysis reveals that the most prevalent themes in the newspapers were the possibility of the Ebola spreading to Europe and healthcare professionals’ stories from the field. Results indicate that the Ebola outbreak was largely framed in terms of Western fear, although the two newspapers have significant differences between them. This thesis also brings postcolonial aspect into sociological discussion on culture of fear by analysing the ways in which media’s representations of Ebola’s ‘victims’ and ‘heroes’ reflect colonial relationships. The fear of Ebola is connected to broader cultural anxieties in the West, such as fear of other and fear of illness and to general sense of unsafety. From the results can be concluded that fear shaped the international response to the outbreak, which indicates that fear in general may not only impact people’s everyday life but also influence international politics and law. Key words: Ebola, fear, risk, Daily Mail, The Guardian
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title Culture of fear, age of anxiety : case of the Ebola outbreak in 2014
title_alt Case of the Ebola outbreak in 2014
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