The Distribution of Mismatches in Government Policy Response against COVID-19 in Terms of Risk Communication and its Implications

• 발행기관: 한국유통과학회
• 저자명: Suk-Kyeong BAE Choongik CHOI
• 간행물 정보: 『유통과학연구(JDS)』제19권 제12호, 91~101쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.12.31

영문 초록

Purpose: This study aims to explore the effects of government’s value intervention messages on the prevention and control of infectious disease in the risk communication process in terms of goveremnt policy response to COVID-19 from the mismatch message perspective, and draws the relevant implicaitons. Due to the infeciton spread, some people point out that depression caused by COVID-19 is because of wrong signals of the government and infectious disease prevention and control authorities, namely value intervention messsages. Research design, data and methodology: This study examined the epidcmic situation through message deails regarding the effects of government’s mismatch messages on prevention and control of infectious disease and the resulting phenomena. Results: People’s lives are under serious threat overall, so the declaration of the end of COVID-19 is almost impossible unlike MERS. Economic downturn due to foreced prevention and control regulaitons of COVID-19, mistruct of social distancing, fatigue on mismatch messages, and moral hazard on the awareness of prevention and control of infectious disease are negative phenomena to risk communiaiton on COVID-19. Conclusions: This study investigated the government authorities’ policy sending wrong signals due to mismatching of the reality at this point in time for infectious disease prevention and control from the risk communicaiton perspectrive.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Background

3. Analysis: Government’s Mismatch Messages

4. Conclusion

키워드

Risk Communication Mismatch Message Risk Management New Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Persons Released from Quarantine Value Neutrality Value Intervention