UH Study Finds Word Choice And Media Exposure Affected Anti-Asian Restaurant Boycotts During COVID-19 Pandemic
November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:
During 2020, the use of terms like the "China virus" by public officials and in the media negatively connected COVID-19 to China, where the virus originated, causing a detrimental impact. New research from scholars of the hospitality industry at the University of Houston and Penn State University found that this type of virus-naming contributed to hostility toward and boycottin . . .
During 2020, the use of terms like the "China virus" by public officials and in the media negatively connected COVID-19 to China, where the virus originated, causing a detrimental impact. New research from scholars of the hospitality industry at the University of Houston and Penn State University found that this type of virus-naming contributed to hostility toward and boycottin . . .