Decoding the Discourse: Analyzing the Linguistic Features and Strategies Behind the Querdenken Movement’s COVID-19 Narrative

Health Communication, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 11

Published: March 3, 2025

This study analyzes the linguistic rhetorical strategies utilized by German-speaking Querdenken movement's alternative media during COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a critical discourse analysis (CDA) framework, we examine articles from sources frequently used members in comparison with broadsheet and tabloid newspapers, utilizing dictionary-based analyses linear mixed models to investigate emotional tone, health-related language, scientific terminology coverage. Our research reveals that outlets use more language exhibit negative emphasizing issues strongly than other sources. Additionally, manual content inspected relationship between cited sources, including their interpretative congruence originality, uncovering notable mismatch representation outlets. These findings illuminate media's important role shaping discourse, especially public health contexts. contributes better understanding of how narratives operate and, our study, co-opt science. underscores need for adequate science literacy communication counteract misinformation enhance complex issues.

Language: Английский

Perceptions of Pandemic Messaging Across 36 Weeks: A Repeated Cross-Section Design With U.S. Adults

Science Communication, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

To understand public perceptions of pandemic messaging, we surveyed U.S. adults for 36 consecutive weeks starting on March 12, 2020. Using a repeated cross-section design, tracked intentions to engage in protective behaviors, demographics, and four message perceptions: exhaustion, overload, repetition, exaggeration. Exhaustion increased over time became negatively related (rising negativity model). Exaggeration was stable across the weeks, yet had strongest negative relationship with that (fixed model increasing relationship). Overload repetition were positively intentions, but relationships faded (fading positivity

Language: Английский

Pandemic Palliatives and COVID-19 Coping: Toward the Development of a “Coping with Crisis Communications” (COCCO) Scale

Health Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Oct. 13, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical role of coping strategies during global crises and demonstrated how official communications shape public responses. This study evaluates psychometric validity a novel pentadic "Coping with Crisis Communication" (COCCO) Scale, which categorizes behaviors into five behavioral responses: moving-with, moving-against, moving-outward, moving-away, moving-inward. A national representative survey 742 Swiss residents, conducted in February 2022, measured these responses to from Federal Office Public Health (FOPH) traditional news media (TNM). Items were developed assess participants engaged with, opposed, reached outward for support, distanced from, or internalized messages. Confirmatory factor analyses tested multiple models (5-, 6-, 7-, 8-factor structures) based on both initial theory data-driven refinements. While original 5-factor model showed insufficient fit, 7-factor (moving-with, moving-toward, negative-moving-inward, positive-moving-inward) provided satisfactory solution. exhibited measurement invariance across three language versions scale (French, Italian, German) two communication contexts (FOPH, TNM). COCCO offers an effective, movement-based assessment response crisis communications, serving as valuable tool understanding behavior crises.

Language: Английский