Resilience of Public Spheres in a Global Health Crisis

Trenz, Hans‐Jörg; Heft, Annett; Vaughan, Michael; Pfetsch, Barbara

doi:10.1080/13183222.2021.1919385

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“…Consumer culture theory supports the idea of resilience through spiritual consumption, one of various strategies for coping with the uncertainties of the pandemic. In other words, resilience in response to COVID-19 primarily targets recovery of personal well-being (Trenz, Heft, Vaughan & Pfetsch, 2021), a goal that people might achieve through spiritual consumption.…”

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The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19

2022

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Uncertainty, fear, and distress have become prevalent in the lives of U.S. residents since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unpredictable reality of social distancing, shutdowns, and isolation have affected daily routines and influenced well-being and health. Drawing on consumer culture theory, we conducted an exploratory study to examine the mediating role of consumer spirituality in the subjective well-being of religious Christians during COVID-19 and to discover links between well-being and health outcomes. Participants from the United States (n = 104) were recruited via a Qualtrics' online panel. Findings show that religiosity among Christians enhanced subjective well-being, demonstrating the positive effect of religious beliefs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, spiritual consumption mediated this relationship, suggesting the importance of possessions to religious expression and subjective well-being. Implications for messaging about health and well-being are discussed.

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Section: Mediating Effect Of Consumer Spirituality On Subjective Well...mentioning

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The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19

2022

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“…The significant number of protest events recorded in Italy, we argue, should be placed in a context of thin diffusion. Indeed, the extensive coverage of the events by global media networks, in a moment in which the consumption of global news was particularly high (Trenz et al 2021), allowed the shocking images of Floyd's death to travel across the world, creating impressive resonance and momentum. In this context, single individuals or small groups, in some cases with no previous experience of political activism, inspired by the images of the protests on both sides of the Atlantic, decided to take action.…”

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The Spreading of the Black Lives Matter Movement Campaign: The Italian Case in Cross‐National Perspective*

2022

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Following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 and inspired by the actions of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, in June 2020 a wave of protest events spread across Europe as well. Based on in-depth interviews with key informants involved in the BLM campaign and a systematic mapping of protest events, the article analyses the diffusion of the Black Lives Matter movement campaign in Italy. We investigate the conditions for the diffusion, by considering the resonance of the protests in a time of backlash and pandemic; the channels of diffusion, namely mechanisms of thin diffusion linked to the instantaneous exchange of protest content; and the effects of diffusion, in terms of recontextualization of ideas and narratives from the United States to the Italian context, the emergence of new antiracist organizations and intersectional frames that point at Italian colonialism and structural racism.

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“…A lack of representation of diverse experiences, voices and knowledge reduces the epistemic capacity of democracy for effective deliberation and collective action (Landemore 2012). Nevertheless, in the absence of a supportive governmental infrastructure the public sphere may show THE RESILIENCE OF PANDEMIC DIGITAL DELIBERATION deliberative, participatory and democratic resilience through experimentation, innovation, adaptation and reinvention (Trenz et al 2021).…”

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“…Another challenge for public deliberation in the pandemic is that due to restrictions on movement and gatherings, opportunities for public participation have largely moved online (Trenz et al 2021) and the evidence on the extent that the digital public sphere is a favourable environment to foster good deliberation is mixed. One study found that online deliberators expressed a greater variety of viewpoints (less conformity to a group's most popular opinion), showed more equality of participation than face-to-face counterparts; but in person deliberation was of higher quality, more inclusive of personal experiences and more enjoyable (Davies and Chandler 2012, 144).…”

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“…The pandemic may also be generating new forms of "public sphere resilience" (Trenz et al 2021) that enables experimentalism, innovation, adaptation and the relocation of deliberative communication to the digital sphere. Never before have governments and civil society organisations been pushed into upskilling and building capacity for digital public engagement at the current scale and speed.…”

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The Resilience of Pandemic Digital Deliberation: An Analysis of Online Synchronous Forums

Thompson¹,

Escobar²,

Hollinghurst³

et al. 2021

Javnost - The Public

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Quality deliberation is essential for societies to address the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic effectively and legitimately. Critics of deliberative and participatory democracy are highly skeptical that most citizens can engage with such complex issues in good circumstances and these are far from ideal circumstances. The need for rapid action and decision-making is a challenge for inclusivity and quality of deliberation. Additionally, policy responses to the virus need to be even more co-ordinated than usual, which intensifies their complexity. The digitalisation of the public sphere may be seen as a further challenge to deliberating. Furthermore, these are stressful and emotional times, making a considered judgement on these issues potentially challenging. We employ a modified version of the Discourse Quality Index to assess the deliberative quality in two facilitated synchronous digital platforms to consider aspects of data use in light of COVID 19. Our study is the first to perform a comprehensive, systematic and in-depth analysis of the deliberative capacity of citizens in a pandemic. Our evidence indicates that deliberation can be resilient in a crisis. The findings will have relevance to those interested in pandemic democracy, deliberative democracy in a crisis, data use and digital public spheres.

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Resilience of Public Spheres in a Global Health Crisis

Cited by 20 publications

References 18 publications

The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19

The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19

The Spreading of the Black Lives Matter Movement Campaign: The Italian Case in Cross‐National Perspective*

The Resilience of Pandemic Digital Deliberation: An Analysis of Online Synchronous Forums

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