Title: Health and society: the impact of media on social welfare during COVID-19: a case study in UAE

Authors: Emad Omer; Osman Sirajeldeen Ahmed; Abdalla Sirag; Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi

Addresses: College of Mass Communication, Ajman University, UAE ' College of Huminites and Science, Department of Sociology, Ajman University, UAE; Humanities and Social Sciences Research Center (HSSRC), Ajman University, UAE ' School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia ' Social Sciences Research Center (HSSRC), Ajman University, Ajman, UAE; Nonlinear Dynamics Research Center (NDRC), Ajman University, Ajman, UAE

Abstract: The relationship between epidemic and society is one of the topics that illustrate the intersection between social and health studies; this research is an interdisciplinary study between health, sociology and media, with the aim of clarifying the mutual effect during COVID-19. The research raises a question about the impact of the official media on social welfare services in the UAE. The importance of the research is due to the continuation of the outbreak of the Corona virus in second wave. The research aims to determine the role of the official media in social welfare during COVID-19. The study used the descriptive method by analysing the content of 95 news items issued by the official news agency in the UAE. The most important findings of the research are that media has a direct impact on social welfare services in all areas of care.

Keywords: official media; social policy; social protection; social welfare; COVID-19; health.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2023.131998

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2023 Vol.9 No.3, pp.301 - 313

Received: 14 Apr 2022
Accepted: 12 May 2022
Published online: 06 Jul 2023 *

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