Discourses of Fear in Online News Media: Implications for Perceived Risk of Travel
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature
2.1. Perceived Risk in Travel in Pandemic Times
2.2. Media Analysis in Tourism
3. Methodology
4. Results
4.1. Travel during the Pandemic and Discourses of Fear
4.1.1. The Problem Frame
4.1.2. Anxiety
4.1.3. Antitrust
4.1.4. Avoidance
4.1.5. Animosity
5. Discussion
5.1. The Problem Frame—Discourses of Fear
5.2. Silenced Discourses
5.3. Perceptions of Risk and Managerial Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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McClinchey, K.A.; Dimanche, F. Discourses of Fear in Online News Media: Implications for Perceived Risk of Travel. Tour. Hosp. 2023, 4, 148-161. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010009
McClinchey KA, Dimanche F. Discourses of Fear in Online News Media: Implications for Perceived Risk of Travel. Tourism and Hospitality. 2023; 4(1):148-161. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010009
Chicago/Turabian StyleMcClinchey, Kelley A., and Frederic Dimanche. 2023. "Discourses of Fear in Online News Media: Implications for Perceived Risk of Travel" Tourism and Hospitality 4, no. 1: 148-161. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010009