Live Breaking News & Updates on Separate Set Of Control Conditions

Getty / The Atlantic
During a pandemic, public-health messaging is essential to saving lives. Media organizations have played a major role in that messaging over the past year, and not always for the better.
Across the English-speaking world, many news stories about the spread of COVID-19 have been accompanied by photographs of people in outdoor settings, particularly beaches. “Many news organizations have seized upon beaches, and scenes of beachgoers, as a sign of why things are so bad in the United States,” Zeynep Tufekci wrote in
Why publications keep using these photos is hard to pinpoint. In a health crisis, many people may feel provoked by the sight of others cavorting in the sun even though one of the best ways to avoid COVID-19, which spreads easiest when individuals inhale particles exhaled by others, is to avoid public indoor spaces in favor of outdoor spaces. Or perhaps beach pictures, which have a somewhat aspirational quality and typically feature att ....

United States , New York , San Francisco , New York Times , San Francisco Chronicle , News Stories , News Articles , Media Organizations , Pandemic Risk , Public Health Messaging , News Organizations , Beach Pictures , Such Research , Best Ways , Past Year , Lots Of Readers , Randomized Controlled Trial , Spread Of Covid 19 , Outdoor Settings , Amajor Role , Separate Set Of Control Conditions , Perception Of Risk , Interpretation Of News Articles , Zeynep Tufekci , Late October , Outdoor Recreation ,