COVID-19 Pandemicand Xenophobia: Case Studies Based on Social Theories

Abstract

With the COVID-19 Pandemia, there havebeen many challengesand negative impactsonsocial,andeconomic life,including xenophobia. So, this paperstrivesto describe the contents of the presented xenophobia concepts through theidentified sub-concepts and open codes-gathered from mediaby content analysis method. The paperalso providesauthentic citations that connect theresults and raw datafrom the media.The performed analysis demonstrated that xenophobia isrelative to a country or group of countries'contextofa threat to their physical, social,and cultural beliefs.Xenophobiaincluded various aspects, e.g., filtered information,economic threat, and emotional reactions.These can be exemplified through media news and incidents occurring in each country or region.