Since its appearance in early 2020 COVID has generated and continues to generate an extensive bod... more Since its appearance in early 2020 COVID has generated and continues to generate an extensive body of research which examines language-related issues. Examples include Hunston (2020), Semino (2021) and Oakey and Vincent (Forthcoming). In Indonesia attention has centred on the comprehensibility or otherwise of health messaging (for example Coleman 2020) and policymaking (Prasetyantoko and Suryahudaya 2020). This study contributes to the discussion by adopting a linguistic human rights (LHRs) perspective. It analyses the language found in one potential source of information about COVID to which people might turn – the websites of local government health departments – in order to establish the extent to which the right to access health information is respected. The chapter falls into three sections. It begins with a discussion of the Indonesian context, including demography and language. The second section is the core of the chapter, a detailed analysis of the website data and evidence of grassroots responses to poorly communicated information. The chapter ends with a discussion of the findings and a postscript.
Since its appearance in early 2020 COVID has generated and continues to generate an extensive bod... more Since its appearance in early 2020 COVID has generated and continues to generate an extensive body of research which examines language-related issues. Examples include Hunston (2020), Semino (2021) and Oakey and Vincent (Forthcoming). In Indonesia attention has centred on the comprehensibility or otherwise of health messaging (for example Coleman 2020) and policymaking (Prasetyantoko and Suryahudaya 2020). This study contributes to the discussion by adopting a linguistic human rights (LHRs) perspective. It analyses the language found in one potential source of information about COVID to which people might turn – the websites of local government health departments – in order to establish the extent to which the right to access health information is respected. The chapter falls into three sections. It begins with a discussion of the Indonesian context, including demography and language. The second section is the core of the chapter, a detailed analysis of the website data and evidence of grassroots responses to poorly communicated information. The chapter ends with a discussion of the findings and a postscript.
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issues. Examples include Hunston (2020), Semino (2021) and Oakey and Vincent (Forthcoming). In Indonesia attention has centred on the comprehensibility or otherwise of health messaging (for example Coleman 2020) and policymaking (Prasetyantoko and Suryahudaya 2020).
This study contributes to the discussion by adopting a linguistic human rights (LHRs) perspective. It analyses the language found in one potential source of information about COVID to which people might turn – the websites of local government health departments – in order to establish the extent to which the right to access health information is respected.
The chapter falls into three sections. It begins with a discussion of the Indonesian context, including demography and language. The second section is the core of the chapter, a detailed analysis of the website data and evidence of grassroots responses to poorly communicated information. The chapter ends with a discussion of the findings and a postscript.
issues. Examples include Hunston (2020), Semino (2021) and Oakey and Vincent (Forthcoming). In Indonesia attention has centred on the comprehensibility or otherwise of health messaging (for example Coleman 2020) and policymaking (Prasetyantoko and Suryahudaya 2020).
This study contributes to the discussion by adopting a linguistic human rights (LHRs) perspective. It analyses the language found in one potential source of information about COVID to which people might turn – the websites of local government health departments – in order to establish the extent to which the right to access health information is respected.
The chapter falls into three sections. It begins with a discussion of the Indonesian context, including demography and language. The second section is the core of the chapter, a detailed analysis of the website data and evidence of grassroots responses to poorly communicated information. The chapter ends with a discussion of the findings and a postscript.