The Social and Political Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Introduction

Redbird, Beth; Harbridge‐Yong, Laurel; Mersey, Rachel Davis

doi:10.7758/rsf.2022.8.8.01

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“…Since the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced the global pandemic in the spring of 2020, American society has gone through social structural chaos and emotional turmoil, including job losses, border closures, economic shutdowns and biases and fear (Pew Research Center, 2021a,b;Redbird et al, 2022). The perception of Chinese and East Asians as the origin and spreaders of the COVID-19 disease has led to a surge in hate crimes against them, fueled by the climate of fear.…”

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Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community

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PurposeLimited research exists on the perceptions of police within specific ethnic minority groups. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of Korean and Korean American residents in the Metro Atlanta area regarding their perceptions of cooperation with the police, particularly in relation to hate crimes, along with their perceptions of police legitimacy and other relevant factors. By focusing on this specific population, the study aims to shed light on their unique perspectives and contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics between ethnic minorities and law enforcement.Design/methodology/approachThe authors’ sample comprised 128 Korean residents who were asked about their demographics, victimization experiences, self-rated English proficiency and police legitimacy. Multiple linear regression analyses were employed to investigate the impact of police legitimacy, victimization experiences and English-speaking skills on the participants' level of cooperation with the police.FindingsPolice legitimacy and self-rated levels of English proficiency emerged as the most significant factors in predicting the level of cooperation among residents with the police. Furthermore, individuals who have experienced crime victimization in the past were more willing to cooperate with the police compared to those who have not. Additionally, men showed a higher tendency to cooperate with the police compared to women participants.Originality/valueThe findings of this study suggest important implications for the policies and strategies aimed at enhancing the relationship between the Korean American community and the police. These implications include the need for improved language support for non-English speaking community members and the importance of building trust and fostering mutual understanding to cultivate positive police-community relations. By implementing measures based on these findings, it is recommended to promote a more inclusive and effective approach to policing within the Korean American population.

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“…An emergent "sociology of COVID" has begun to make sense of the pandemic's implications for society and for social theory. For example, Redbird et al (2022) describe how the intersection of structural inequalities during the pandemic created "cascading crises" that deepened existing gaps between groups and generated new forms of inequality. Research into lived experiences of sheltering in place has led to the development of more multidimensional conceptualizations of loneliness (Klinenberg & Leigh, 2023), and mass engagement with virtual communication technologies transformed understandings of how people enact intimacy in modern society (Watson et al, 2021).…”

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Masking and meaning during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Rieger

2024

Sociological Forum

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This article contributes to the developing sociology of COVID‐19 literature by examining situational variation in mask‐wearing behavior during the early pandemic. Using interview data collected from residents of Brooklyn, New York during 2020, I analyze how people talk about encounters with masking in various social contexts. I find that the act of wearing a mask during the early pandemic acquired multiple, contradictory meanings that compelled opposite stances toward masking. On one hand, public health campaigns helped encourage mask‐wearing by infusing masking with notions of solidarity and collective responsibility. But on the other hand, masks also obtained meanings related to distrust and emotional distance that became highly relevant in intimate social situations: masking around friends and other close social network members could be understood as symbolically destructive to the relationship. By illustrating how people collectively negotiated these countervailing meanings during interaction, the findings contribute to knowledge about how relational characteristics and interaction dynamics shaped the ways that people understood and enacted masking during the early COVID‐19 pandemic.

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“…I also mention information passed along in many abstinenceonly sex education programs that condoms fail to prevent pregnancy one-out-of-six times (Rose 2005). While statistics on contraception effectiveness from the Guttmacher Institute ( 2020 rather what they represent to people (Haynes 2021;Redbird et al 2022). Applying this strategy requires preparation through educating oneself about the belief system in which the misunderstanding, misrepresentation, or misappropriation of research arises before one can handle the situation, at which time, the workshop suggests that to the extent an incorrectly informed audience will allow, a researcher handling a situation should be respectful and convey that they understand the social or political context that informs the beliefs that make an audience receptive to incorrect information about a piece of research.…”

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Beyond Misinformation: The Misrepresentation and Misappropriation of Research

Wasson

2023

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The contemporary information landscape has produced numerous incidents of researchers having their research misunderstood, misrepresented, or misappropriated—or worse, being subjected to intimidation and harassment—by individuals or groups who seek to cherry-pick evidence in support of ideological agendas or who wish to suppress evidence that counters those same agendas. To help prepare current and future researchers for the possibility that their research might be misrepresented, misappropriated, or politicized in other ways by ideologically motivated individuals or groups, Syracuse University Libraries offers a workshop that covers ways to prepare for and respond to the misrepresentation and misappropriation of their research. The workshop offers participants strategies and tools for researchers to stay current on scholarly and popular communication about their research and field of research; suggestions on venues for preparing and testing responses for potential incidents in which their research is misrepresented or misappropriated; and tactics for handling incidents should they arise.

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The Social and Political Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Introduction

Cited by 9 publications

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Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community

Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community

Masking and meaning during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Beyond Misinformation: The Misrepresentation and Misappropriation of Research

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