Inside the ‘black box’ of COVID-19 vaccination beliefs: Revealing the relative importance of public confidence and news consumption habits

Lueck, Jennifer A.; Callaghan, Timothy

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114874

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“…First, research suggests that the consumption of conservative-leaning news is strongly associated stigmatizing attitudes towards COVID-19 [53], and our findings show, in turn, that COVID-19 stigma is predictive of anti-vaccination attitudes. Second, recently published research demonstrates that consumption of conservative-leaning news is strongly associated with the belief that the CDC exaggerated the danger of COVID-19 in the U.S. [74], and previous studies lend support to the influence of perceived government trustworthiness on vaccine decision-making [75,76]. While hypothesizing on the direction of causation in these emerging potential pathways to anti-vaccination attitudes is beyond the scope of the current study, these proposed relationships merit further investigation.…”

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Anti-Vaccine Attitudes among Adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic after Vaccine Rollout

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Even though vaccination is the most effective measure against COVID-19 infections, vaccine rollout efforts have been hampered by growing anti-vaccine attitudes. Based on current knowledge, we identified three domains (beliefs, discrimination, and news) as our correlates of primary interest to examine the association with anti-vaccine attitudes. This is one of the first studies to examine key correlates of anti-vaccine attitudes during the critical early stages of vaccine implementation in the United States. An online survey was administered in May 2021 to a non-representative, nationally based sample of adults (N = 789). Using multivariable logistic regression analysis, we found that individuals who expressed worry about COVID-19 (OR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.21, 0.55) and had greater knowledge of COVID-19 (OR = 0.50, 95% CI 0.25, 0.99) were less likely to hold anti-vaccine attitudes. Conversely, individuals who held stigmatizing views of COVID-19 (OR = 2.47, 95% CI 1.53, 3.99), had experienced racial discrimination (OR = 2.14, 95% CI 1.25, 3.67) and discrimination related to COVID-19 (OR = 2.84, 95% CI 1.54, 5.24), and who had been watching Fox News (OR = 3.95, 95% CI 2.61, 5.97) were more likely to hold anti-vaccine attitudes. These findings suggest COVID-19 beliefs, experiences of discrimination, and news sources should be considered when designing targeted approaches to address the anti-vaccine movement.

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“…Respondents' sources of health information were also an important factor influencing people's attitudes toward vaccines ( 27 – 29 ). Generally speaking, individuals obtain health information mainly through the following four channels: (1) professional medical personnel, because they are considered as possessing professional knowledge and expertise, and therefore lay people often turn to them to obtain information about vaccines when their own knowledge is insufficient; (2) traditional media, including newspapers, television and radios, which followed up and reported on the latest situation during the outbreak period, constituting an important channel of epidemic-related information; (3) biomedical journals, in which a large number of novel Coronavirus-related articles were published, revealing the latest scientific research results; and (4) social media, which has become an important channel for information exchange in the internet era.…”

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Institutional trust, scientific literacy, and information sources: What factors determine people's attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines of different origins in China?

Ye¹,

Su²,

Shi³

2023

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the different attitudes of Chinese residents toward COVID-19 vaccines produced in China and the United States in an emergency context, and then explored possible explanations for these different attitudes.MethodsUsing data collected online in May 2021, we compared Chinese citizens' attitudes toward vaccines originating from China and the US and then adopted ordered logistic models to examine how trust in institutions, scientific literacy, and information sources influence their attitudes toward different vaccines.ResultsA total of 2038 respondents completed the survey. Participants reported very different levels of trust in Chinese and American vaccines. The main finding of this paper is that individuals who trust in Chinese institutions, especially those who trust in domestic scientists, typically feel encouraged to also place their trust in domestic vaccines and to distrust those from the US. These individuals' higher evaluation of Chinese government performance makes them more willing to vaccinate with domestic vaccines and less likely to seek US vaccines. Levels of scientific literacy, furthermore, seem to have little influence on attitudes toward different vaccines. Meanwhile, respondents who acquire health information from biomedical journals are more likely to hold a positive view of US vaccines, and these individuals contribute to bridging the gap between levels of trust in Chinese and US vaccines.ConclusionsIn contrast with previous findings about Chinese attitudes toward imported vaccines, our respondents are more convinced of the safety and effectiveness of domestic vaccines than of US ones. This trust gap does not arise out of actual disparity in the quality and safety of the different vaccines per se. Instead, it is a cognition concern that is closely bound up with individuals' trust in domestic institutions. People's attitudes toward vaccines of different origins in an emergency context are more influenced by socio-political beliefs than by concern with objective information and knowledge.

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“…Moon et al (2021) found that Conservative media usage was related to COVID-19 prevention avoidance, while Liberal media usage was associated with increased preventative behavior. Lueck and Callaghan (2022) also discovered that higher confidence in COVID-19 vaccination and science was associated with liberal news coverage, whereas more substantial COVID-19 science backlash was associated with conservative news coverage. Compared to Republicans, Democrats were more likely to support COVID-19 risk mitigation measures, such as avoiding non-essential travel and canceling gatherings (Shao and Hao, 2021).…”

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Political ideology and differences in seeking COVID-19 information on the internet: examining the comprehensive model of information seeking

Jin

2023

OIR

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PurposeGuided by the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking (CMIS), this article identifies significant predictors that impact individuals seeking COVID-19 information. People with different political ideologies read contradictory information about the COVID-19 pandemic. However, how political ideology may affect COVID-19 information seeking remains unclear. This study explores the major information channels for individuals with different political ideologies to seek COVID-19 information. It further examines how political ideologies influence CMIS's effectiveness in predicting online health information-seeking.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected 394 completed survey responses from adults living in the United States after the 2020 lockdown. ANOVA analyses revealed the differences in salience, beliefs, information carrier characteristics, utilities and information-seeking actions between Liberals and Conservatives. Regression analyses discovered variables that predict Liberals' and Conservatives' online health information seeking.FindingsResults suggest that the internet is the top channel for COVID-19 information seeking. Compared to Conservatives, Liberals report more COVID-19 information-seeking actions. Liberals also express stronger salience, perceive higher trustworthiness of online COVID-19 information, are more likely to think of seeking online COVID-19 information as useful and helpful and report more substantial efficacy to mitigate the risk. Most CMIS variables predict Liberals' information seeking; however, only salience significantly predicts Conservatives' information seeking.Originality/valueThis article indicates that CMIS should include political ideology to refine its prediction of information seeking. These findings offer practical implications for designing health messages, enhancing information distribution and reducing the public's uncertainty.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-08-2022-0436.

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Inside the ‘black box’ of COVID-19 vaccination beliefs: Revealing the relative importance of public confidence and news consumption habits

Cited by 11 publications

References 31 publications

Anti-Vaccine Attitudes among Adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic after Vaccine Rollout

Anti-Vaccine Attitudes among Adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic after Vaccine Rollout

Institutional trust, scientific literacy, and information sources: What factors determine people's attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines of different origins in China?

Political ideology and differences in seeking COVID-19 information on the internet: examining the comprehensive model of information seeking

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