How to talk about crises? Leaders' narrative strategies during the COVID‐19 vaccination campaign in Italy and France

Policy Studies Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Abstract Defined by threat, urgency, and uncertainty, crises produce opportunities for government leaders to exploit create meaning around their policy decisions in such unstable circumstances. In narrating preferred solutions, one of the tools governments can use is relying on evidence‐based information. However, some studies have also stressed importance recovering emotional inputs when directing public toward compliance. Based upon this premise, we first propose an original typology intersecting evidence/emotions with loss/gain‐framed narrative dimensions, enriching analytical available Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), especially it applied studying interpreting formulation narratives times crisis. We then a set expectations that are empirically tested against strategies concerning vaccination campaign during COVID‐19 crisis two European countries, Italy France. By taking into account official statements executive health ministers, they been analyzed through Discourse Network Analyzer (DNA) software, incorporating our NPF coding scheme. The analysis shows tracing leaders' back evidence/emotion gain/loss dimensions allows more nuanced differences emerge not immediately observable resorting standard categories. Indeed, although stories told countries broadly similar terms characters moral story, emotion‐based prevail both contexts, observe greater overall admonitions scaring tactics France than Italy. Moreover, looking at evolution over time, stability gain‐framed Italian case seems less consistent progressively intrusive nature solutions adopted government.

Language: Английский

Crisis management across Europe

European Policy Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 6 - 9

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Network dynamics in public health advisory systems: A comparative analysis of scientific advice for COVID‐19 in Belgium, Quebec, Sweden, and Switzerland

Governance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 20, 2024

Abstract This study presents a dual‐method approach to systematically analyze public health advisory networks during the COVID‐19 pandemic across four jurisdictions: Belgium, Quebec, Sweden, and Switzerland. Using network analysis inspired by egocentric subsystems adapted health, research investigates structures their openness new actors ideas. The findings reveal significant variations in configurations, with differences density, centralization, role of central actors. also uncovers relation between its structural attributes, highlighting impact composition on flow control expert advice. These insights into contribute understanding interface scientific advice policymaking, emphasizing importance characteristics shaping influence advisors. article underscores relevance systematic descriptions policy, offering reflections accountability, information diversity, broader implications for democratic governance.

Language: Английский