Media Framing of COVID-19: A Content Analysis of Nepali Newspapers

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe, posing a major and alarming public health concern. This been due, in part, to increasing number of infected population day by day. Also, media coverage appeared be one influencing factors opinion formation issues. Since whole world is still reeling under effect pandemic. At this juncture, content tone newspaper unknown. Therefore, paper tries assess critically about reporting study significant practical relevance during period. Furthermore, contributes scientific knowledge use frames tones with regard For purpose analysis, two popular Nepalese English language newspapers; Kathmandu Post (privately owned media) Rising Nepal (state-owned selected purposively. from May 2020 until end July was investigated. results showed that most frequently done terms economic crisis rather than covering as crisis. more negative privately state-owned media. However, both newspapers have covered majority articles through framing health.