“You’re not my nanny!” Responses to racialized women leaders during COVID-19

Calasanti, Anna; Gerrits, Bailey

doi:10.1080/21565503.2021.1942084

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“…By focusing on public concerns and tracking public comments, not only can various problems and suspicions be solved in a targeted and timely manner, but also help to comprehensively collect epidemiological information to inform better emergency decision-making 103 104. The stronger the availability, authority and trust in the response of government departments in crisis management, the greater the likelihood of public acceptance and compliance 105. However, there has been little research on how efficient and effective these official responses are in influencing public attitudes or behaviours.…”

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The role of social media in public health crises caused by infectious disease: a scoping review

Terry,

Yang,

Yao

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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ImportanceThe onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic highlighted the increasing role played by social media in the generation, dissemination and consumption of outbreak-related information.ObjectiveThe objective of the current review is to identify and summarise the role of social media in public health crises caused by infectious disease, using a five-step scoping review protocol.Evidence reviewKeyword lists for two categories were generated: social media and public health crisis. By combining these keywords, an advanced search of various relevant databases was performed to identify all articles of interest from 2000 to 2021, with an initial retrieval date of 13 December 2021. A total of six medical and health science, psychology, social science and communication databases were searched: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, PsycINFO and CNKI. A three-stage screening process against inclusion and exclusion criteria was conducted.FindingsA total of 338 studies were identified for data extraction, with the earliest study published in 2010. Thematic analysis of the role of social media revealed three broad themes: surveillance monitoring, risk communication and disease control. Within these themes, 12 subthemes were also identified. Within surveillance monitoring, the subthemes were disease detection and prediction, public attitude and attention, public sentiment and mental health. Within risk communication, the subthemes were health advice, information-seeking behaviour, infodemics/misinformation circulation, seeking help online, online distance education and telehealth. Finally, within disease control, the subthemes were government response, public behaviour change and health education information quality. It was clear that the pace of research in this area has gradually increased over time as social media has evolved, with an explosion in attention following the outbreak of COVID-19.Conclusions and relevanceSocial media has become a hugely powerful force in public health and cannot be ignored or viewed as a minor consideration when developing public health policy. Limitations of the study are discussed, along with implications for government, health authorities and individual users. The pressing need for government and health authorities to formalise evidence-based strategies for communicating via social media is highlighted, as well as issues for individual users in assessing the quality and reliability of information consumed on social media platforms.

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“… 103 104 The stronger the availability, authority and trust in the response of government departments in crisis management, the greater the likelihood of public acceptance and compliance. 105 However, there has been little research on how efficient and effective these official responses are in influencing public attitudes or behaviours.…”

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The role of social media in public health crises caused by infectious disease: a scoping review

Terry,

Yang,

Yao

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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“…2-3). BIPOC and women leaders have faced increased racism, sexism, and other forms of harassment (Calasanti and Gerrits 2021). "Technology-facilitated violence and abuse" has increased in part because of efforts to silence "antiracist protest" that has effectively mobilized online (Bailey et al 2021).…”

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Protecting expert advice for the public: promoting safety and improved communications

Wright

Chun

Clarke

et al. 2022

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The drivers of the harassment and intimidation of researchers are complex, widespread, and global in their reach and were being studied across many disciplines even before COVID-19. This policy briefing reviews some of the scholarship on this wide-ranging problem but focuses on what can be done to help ensure that Canadians fully benefit from the work of Canada’s researchers while also preserving the security and safety of those researchers. It identifies policies and actions that can be implemented in the near term to gather information on the problem, better frame public research communications, and ensure that mechanisms are readily available to support researchers who are threatened. The policy briefing is concerned with researchers, but these behaviours are also harming journalists, politicians, public health communicators, and many others more fully in the public eye than researchers. Some recommendations here may help to address this wider problem.

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“…Surprisingly, studies have so far neglected analyses of the reasons behind the unique support and advantage that women politicians often gain on social networks (Crigler and Just, 2013; Markowitz-Elfassi et al ., 2019; Yarchi and Samuel-Azran, 2018), despite the persistence of misogyny against female politicians on these networks (Calasanti and Gerrits, 2021). The present study aims to address this lacuna in political science, social media and gender studies by examining the role of gender in politicians support on social media, with emphasis on the potential role of the gender affinity effect (Dolan, 2008).…”

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The “gender affinity effect” behind female politicians' social media support: facebook civil talk during Israel's 2021 elections

Samuel-Azran

Yarchi

2023

OIR

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PurposeThe study aims to examine the validity of the gender affinity effect on social media throughout election campaigns.Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the role of gender in political discourse, using citizens' conversations on Facebook in the days leading up to Israel's 2021 elections as its case study. The analysis measured the engagement generated by male and female politicians in citizens' publicly open Facebook discussions (N = 1875) using a trend-tracking software. The analysis uses t-tests to examine differences in engagement between conversations about male versus female politicians and between posts written by male versus female authors. In addition, a two-way ANOVA analysis was conducted in an attempt to understand the shared impact of both the politicians' gender and posts authors' gender on the posts' engagement.FindingsThe study reveals that although more posts discuss male politicians, posts dealing with female politicians expressed significantly more support towards those politicians. The analysis also highlights that women tend to write more supportive posts and that most of their posts deal with female politicians. Furthermore, interaction effect analysis revealed that women's posts about female politicians generate more engagement in terms of likes, comments and number of participants than posts written by women that deal with male politicians.Practical implicationsThe findings should encourage women politicians to run their campaigns via social media.Originality/valueThe study presents the first social media analysis for gender affinity effect and highlights the importance of the effect in online political communication studies.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2022-0199

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“You’re not my nanny!” Responses to racialized women leaders during COVID-19

Cited by 4 publications

References 49 publications

The role of social media in public health crises caused by infectious disease: a scoping review

The role of social media in public health crises caused by infectious disease: a scoping review

Protecting expert advice for the public: promoting safety and improved communications

The “gender affinity effect” behind female politicians' social media support: facebook civil talk during Israel's 2021 elections

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