Sociology of Coronavirus  Conspiracies in Turkey: Who  Believes and Why?

Sayın, Özgür; Bozkurt, Veysel

doi:10.26650/b/ss49.2021.006.06

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“…As a matter of fact, a study conducted immediately after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that 34% of society saw COVID-19 as a conspiracy led by the great powers. In comparison, 41% believed the virus was generated in a laboratory (Sayın-Bozkurt 2021). Increasing uncertainty and anxiety as the pandemic continued led to a psychosocial atmosphere suitable for the emergence of conspiracy theories.…”

Section: Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Turkey: Conspiracy Beliefs, Fear and Stress

Aydemir-Dev,

Barca,

Bayram-Arlı

et al. 2023

CJSSP

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The aim of this study is to examine factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. An online survey was conducted to collect the data to be evaluated. The survey included demographic questions and four scales: vaccine hesitancy, fear of COVID-19, stress, and vaccine conspiracy beliefs. Four hundred and ninety-six people answered the survey in Turkey. A conceptual model was established and estimated with a structural equation model to explore the relationships. The findings identified a statistically significant direct effect on vaccine hesitancy of conspiracy beliefs, fear, and stress. Accordingly, it was concluded that individuals with a firm belief in vaccine conspiracies, high stress levels, and low fear of COVID-19 had high levels of vaccine hesitancy. This article suggests the importance of public access to accurate information and low stress levels.

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Section: Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Turkey: Conspiracy Beliefs, Fear and Stress

Aydemir-Dev,

Barca,

Bayram-Arlı

et al. 2023

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“…In addition, earlier studies found that age, gender, ethnic identity, and living in rural areas are correlated with RF (Moaddel & Karabenick, 2018) as well as with CBs in Turkey (Sayın & Bozkurt, 2021). We include them as control variables.…”

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Religious Fundamentalism is Positively Associated with Feeling Privileged: Findings from a Representative Turkish Quota Sample

Demmrich¹,

Hanel²

2023

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Previous research established that people who are or feel more privileged tend to be less religiously fundamentalist. However, in the present research we predicted this association to be reversed when political leaders such as governments are promoting and incentivizing (religious) fundamentalism. Using Turkey as an example, we found support for our hypothesis in a Muslim sample (N = 736) representative for age, gender, education-level ethnicities, and urbanity: Individuals, who feel more privileged – i.e., less deprived – were more fundamentalist, even after controlling for a range of other variables that were previously associated with fundamentalism including conspiracy beliefs, personality, and sociodemographic variables. This negative association between deprivation and religious fundamentalism was not mediated by conspiracy beliefs. Interestingly, the associations of the control variables such as authoritarianism and conspiracy beliefs with religious fundamentalism mostly replicated previous research. Implications are discussed.

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Partisan Bias in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: News Reliance and the Moderating Role of Trust in Health Authorities

Kuru

Baruh

et al. 2023

Health Communication

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Sociology of Coronavirus Conspiracies in Turkey: Who Believes and Why?

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Turkey: Conspiracy Beliefs, Fear and Stress

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Turkey: Conspiracy Beliefs, Fear and Stress

Religious Fundamentalism is Positively Associated with Feeling Privileged: Findings from a Representative Turkish Quota Sample

Partisan Bias in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: News Reliance and the Moderating Role of Trust in Health Authorities

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