Policy Endorsement and Booster Shot: Exploring Politicized Determinants for Acceptance of a Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in China

Vaccines, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(2), P. 421 - 421

Published: Feb. 12, 2023

China’s recent termination of strict COVID-19 control necessitates taking a booster vaccine shot as precaution against the pandemic quickly possible. A large body research has examined people’s attitudes toward and intentions for shot. However, most studies failed to explore how sociopolitical context shaped their attitude regarding jab take-up. The current study utilizes data from national survey adopting quota sampling analyze Chinese public’s medical non-medical considerations determine intention third dose vaccine. found that thanks initial successful lockdown policies, personal risk benefit perceptions did not dominate views vaccination. Instead, respondents’ gender, nationalism, endorsement zero-COVID policy, self-efficacy vaccination, perceived infection severity were major factors underlying intention. situation highlights politicized impacted plans practice preventive behaviors. It is necessary offset negative consequences. One strategy educate public with more medically relevant information help them make rational choices vaccination other protective measures. On hand, such education can utilize this nationalistic mental status enhance persuasion effect.

Language: Английский

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Belief in White Replacement

Politics Groups and Identities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 25

Published: May 7, 2024

The "White Replacement" conspiracy theory, that governments and corporations are "replacing" white people, is linked to several mass shootings. Given its recent ubiquity in elite rhetoric, concerns have arisen about the popularity of this theory among United States public. Further, political scientists noted a need understand why people believe or act upon theory. Using 2022 US national survey (n = 2001), we find third Americans agree leaders replacing with color. These beliefs related anti-social personality traits, various forms nationalist authoritarian sentiments, negative sentiments toward immigrants, minorities, women, establishment. Regression analysis however fails significant effects partisanship ideology on these beliefs. observed desire engage both normative (e.g., run for office) nonnormative participation commit violence). White Replacement theories elsewhere, our findings suggest new avenues research into potentially dangerous beliefs, as well xenophobia, antisemitism, racism, sexism, extremism, violence.

Language: Английский

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The Roll-Out of Community Notes Did Not Reduce Engagement With Misinformation on Twitter

arXiv (Cornell University), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Developing interventions that successfully reduce engagement with misinformation on social media is challenging. One intervention has recently gained great attention X/Twitter's Community Notes (previously known as "Birdwatch"). a crowdsourced fact-checking approach allows users to write textual notes inform others about potentially misleading posts X/Twitter. Yet, empirical evidence regarding its effectiveness in reducing missing. In this paper, we perform large-scale study analyze whether the introduction of feature and roll-out U.S. around world have reduced X/Twitter terms retweet volume likes. We employ Difference-in-Differences (DiD) models Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) comprehensive dataset consisting all corresponding source tweets since launch early 2021. Although observe significant increase fact-checks carried out via Notes, particularly for from verified many followers, find no significantly Rather, our findings suggest might be too slow effectively (and most viral) stage diffusion. Our work emphasizes importance evaluating field offers important implications enhance strategies media.

Language: Английский

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Who chooses alternative sources of information about childhood vaccinations? A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Sept. 13, 2023

Introduction Vaccine hesitancy can lead to problematic outcomes in terms of public health. A factor playing a fundamental role this dynamic is the source information considered by parents decision-making progress that leads acceptance or refusal childhood vaccinations. This study aims investigate sources children attending primary and secondary schools two large Italian cities identify predictors led choosing alternative information. Methods An online questionnaire was administered students elementary, middle, high Rome Turin. Two validated tools were used: Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines Survey Health Literacy adults Italian. Sources vaccinations, trust toward healthcare system, attitudes COVID-19 also investigated. multivariable logistic regression model built preferred on topic. Results Totally, 2,301 answers survey collected from June October 2021. Of these, 1,127 came (49%) 1,174 based Turin (51%) with mean age 47.7 years (±6.4). The majority respondents mothers (81%), married (73%), more (70.5%). results showed fathers inclined than use (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.29–2.00). Moreover, higher level vaccine strong predictor for 2.45, 1.73–3.46). HLVa-it scores show lower (VL) Discussion Addressing health literacy issues changing official forms communication could help improving acceptance. shows importance rebuilding trusting relationship between patients care providers, which fight against hesitancy.

Language: Английский

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To Be Scared or Not to Be Scared: Social Representations of COVID-19 in Young People (A Cross-Cultural Study)

Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 62 - 62

Published: Jan. 17, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious global threat to the world’s population. aim of presented exploratory study was reveal and analyse social thinking about in two different cultural contexts: Russia Malaysia. Social representation (SR) theory promising framework symbolic response health emergency. This conducted at time new variants’ emergence, accompanied by quarantine measures, mass vaccination not elaborated yet (12 October–15 December 2020). total sample (convenience sampling) consisted 349 young adults from Malaysia (n = 195, 35.4% males, 64.6% females) 154, 10% 90% aged 17–36 years. Convenience sampling used recruit participants, an online version questionnaire proposed participants. free association technique as main tool order content SRs. prototypical analysis allowed us hypothetical structure SRs groups. These SR structures each were crystallised around mostly negative elements. While Malaysian sample, key elements troubling disturbing (death, pandemic, virus, quarantine), Russian (quarantine, disease), these could be seen rationalisation (or even denial) threat.

Language: Английский

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