Why the French did not choose to Panic: A Dynamic Analysis of the Public Response to the Influenza Pandemic

Sherlaw, William; Raude, Jocelyn

doi:10.1002/9781118553923.ch15

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“…It also contributes to a public perception that scientific research engenders at least as many social problems as it solves (The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine ). Furthermore, alarmist public health advisories, medical expertise representations and social media demedicalisation serve to create EID fatigue – an ‘exhaustion’ with repeated series of threats about the danger of the ‘next big killer’ that results in a lack of risk perception (Joffe , Sherlaw and Raude ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other work has considered affective public response, including widespread fear over becoming infected with H1N1 during the 2009 swine flu pandemic (Mesch et al . ), why the general public may not panic over the possibility of becoming infected with H1N1 (Sherlaw and Raude ), and the role of ‘othering’ in constructing the likelihood of contracting swine flu (Joffe ). Sociological work has also considered mass media contribution to social construction of EIDs like ‘bird’ flu and Ebola virus (Joffe and Haarhoff , Mesch et al .…”

Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sociological work has also considered mass media contribution to social construction of EIDs like ‘bird’ flu and Ebola virus (Joffe and Haarhoff , Mesch et al . , Sherlaw and Raude , Ungar , ).…”

Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Likewise, Sherlaw and Raude () have noted that French media and public health advisories regarding the similarities of H1N1 in 2009 to the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic were counterproductive because the severity comparisons between the two epidemics did not materialise. As a result, risk perception in the general public was much attenuated.…”

Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Risk society online: Zika virus, social media and distrust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Laurent-Simpson

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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While social construction of illness research has examined the redefinition of medically defined illness as non‐illness by laypersons, nothing has considered this process alongside emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Using Gidden's notion of modern risk society and distrust in expert authority, this paper examines how social media posts construct Zika virus as nonhazardous while displaying a distrust in research and prevention. Using qualitative content analysis, we examine 801 posts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Facebook page to highlight the interplay between risk, the social construction of Zika and trust in experts. Three themes are discussed, including Zika: (i) as legitimate public health threat; (ii) as product of CDC corruption and (iii) used to question medical expertise. We find the latter two themes supportive of Gidden's focus on risk and distrust in expert authority and discuss the danger of constructing EIDs as products of corrupt expert authority on public health social media platforms.

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Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

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Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Risk Society Social Media Representations and Eidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Risk society online: Zika virus, social media and distrust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Laurent-Simpson

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Safety culture and infection prevention and control measures vary from one continent to another (Sherlaw & Raude, ). Despite the importance of healthcare professionals' role in point of care infection prevention and management of biological risks, few studies look at their perceptions regarding safety culture in different contexts.…”

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An exploratory study of safety culture, biological risk management and hand hygiene of healthcare professionals

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Biron

Lavigne

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“The new gay plague”: analysis of public attitudes toward monkeypox

Shah¹

2022

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Monkeypox was declared a public health emergency on August 4, 2022, in the United States. The emerging isolation of the virus in the LGBTQ+ community—particularly among gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men (GBMSM)—has led many to draw parallels between the emerging multi-country outbreak and the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis. The purpose of this study was to investigate media framing of the monkeypox outbreak in American media through the lens of HIV social constructionist theory. Content analysis of a sample of 59 articles from the top-five most viewed U.S. media outlets was collated against quantitative trends in word frequencies in monkeypox-related tweets (n = 255,363). Results found that coverage often framed monkeypox as a product of GBMSM hypersexuality, leading to potentially stigmatizing perceptions and the drastic increase in tweet content related to sexual activity. While greater attention to stigma was observed in coverage, blame attribution to populations, governments, and practices was one of the most common frames across all media sources. Heavy reporting of systemic barriers to vaccination, testing, or diagnosis serve as continuities from HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 epidemics, underscoring fears around a second plague and influencing public attitudes. Monkeypox conspiracy theories also proliferated heavily on Twitter, with a noticeable increase in conspiracy language over time. These findings can inform the social realities of monkeypox, an understudied dimension, of which an understanding is vital to implementing services that address all elements of the ongoing outbreak.

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Why the French did not choose to Panic: A Dynamic Analysis of the Public Response to the Influenza Pandemic

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Risk society online: Zika virus, social media and distrust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Risk society online: Zika virus, social media and distrust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

An exploratory study of safety culture, biological risk management and hand hygiene of healthcare professionals

“The new gay plague”: analysis of public attitudes toward monkeypox

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