Media attention and Vaccine Hesitancy: Examining the mediating effects of Fear of COVID-19 and the moderating role of Trust in leadership

Zhou, Lülin; Ampon-Wireko, Sabina; Xu, Xinglong; Quansah, Prince Edwudzie; Larnyo, Ebenezer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263610

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“…Thus, the rise in anxiety levels observed in May 2021 could be associated either to the acceptance or the hesitance to vaccination. It worth noticing the role of mass and social media toward vaccination hesitance by the distribution of sensationalistic and/or conspiracy theories ( 49 , 50 ). Thus, beyond the negative effect of this infodemic on the public health by its effect on the vaccination campaigns, it may be also responsible of direct harm to people's mental health.…”

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Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentinian Population: Vaccination Is Associated With a Decrease in Depressive Symptoms

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BackgroundSince the irruption of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) the planet has submerged in a time of concern and uncertainty, with a direct impact on people's mental health. Moreover, the recurrent outbreaks that periodically harry different regions of the world constantly refocus people's concerns to the pandemic. Yet, each new wave heats the diverse countries in different situations, including the advances in their vaccination campaigns. In this research, we studied the levels of the general anxiety disorder (GAD) and depression in the Argentine population across the first and second waves of infections that occurred in our country.MethodsWe conducted an on-line survey, within each peak of the pandemic. People were asked to self-report GAD and depression symptoms using the GAD-7 and PHQ-9 questioners, inform their vaccination status, the frequency they performed physical activity as well as working condition and modality. Here, we identified the more vulnerable groups and evaluated factors that could mitigate the rise of these mental disorders, focusing on vaccination.ResultsOur data shows that reported GAD and depression levels were higher during the second wave than during the first one. More importantly, vaccinated people were less depressed than non-vaccinated people, while GAD levels remained equivalent in both groups. Other factors directly associated with lower GAD and depression levels were performing frequent physical activity and being employed, regardless of the employment modality. These observations were replicated in different age ranges and genders.ConclusionThis work evidences GAD and depression in different pandemic waves in Argentina, as well the factors that may contribute to reducing the magnitude of these disorders, including vaccination.

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“…In this challenging environment, unprecise media coverage (Piltch-Loeb et al (2021), Zhou et al (2022)) and live-coverage of phase-3 trial results have confused even more the inhabitants, while regulatory officers (e.g. CDC, WHO, ECDC) have stated on many occasions that approved vaccines were safe and secure.…”

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The policy is always greener: impact heterogeneity of Covid-19 vaccination lotteries in the US

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2022

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Covid-19 vaccination has posed crucial challenges to policymakers and health administrations worldwide. In addition to the pressure posed by the pandemic, government administration has to strive against vaccine hesitancy, which seems to be considerably higher concerning previous vaccination rollouts.To increase the vaccination protection of the population, Ohio announced a monetary incentive as a lottery for those who decided to vaccinate. This first example was followed by 18 other states, with varying results.In this paper, we want to evaluate the effect of such policies within the potential outcome framework, using the penalized synthetic control method. We treat with a panel dataset and estimate causal effects at a disaggregated level in the context of staggered treatment adoption. We focused on policy outcomes at the county, state, and supra-state levels, highlighting differences between counties with different social characteristics and time frames for policy introduction. We also studied the nature of the treatment effect to see whether the impact of these monetary incentives was permanent or only temporary, accelerating the vaccination of citizens who would have been vaccinated in any case.

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“…• CD: proved (15), proven (8), keep (7), feel (5), shown (7), proves (3), found (6), ensure (7) • NYT: keep (70), proved (27), shown (27), deemed (16), proves (12), keeping (17), feel (23), prove (15), proven (11), ensure (…”

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“…• NYT: concerns (102), data (158), issues (40), trials (76), protocols (21), standards (23), measures (32), scare (11), concern (19), questions (22) • SCMP: concerns (78), data (65), protocols (9), issues (14), standards (11), profile (7), fears (8), requirements (10), scandals (5), concern (10), doubts (6), confidence (10) Among them, all three corpora show a preference for safety data, safety standards, and safety protocols. In a scientific sense, if the data of a vaccine follows the safety protocols and meets the safety standards, it is considered safe.…”

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“…Although vaccines have been available for COVID-19, there is still widespread distrust and scepticism towards them in different parts of the world [2,3]. Media have always been regarded as an important means of spreading vaccine (mis)information and shaping public understanding of vaccines [4][5][6]. It plays an important role in keeping vaccine scares and scepticisms alive, because individuals tend to be exposed to different types of information via media and cannot discern fact from misinformation or speculation [7].…”

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Vaccines, media and politics: A corpus-assisted discourse study of press representations of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

2022

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This study gives a corpus-assisted discourse study of the representations of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in three representative newspapers from the US, Hong Kong, and the Chinese mainland: New York Times (NYT), South China Morning Post (SCMP), and China Daily (CD). The primary purpose is to explicate the dynamics between vaccines, media, and politics. Combining the theories and methods of critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, this study has revealed their preferential ways of constructing the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines at different levels of discourse. The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines thus serve as an important ideological battlefield for newspapers from different origins to advance their respective national or regional interests and shape understanding of different COVID-19 vaccines in the international arena.

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Media attention and Vaccine Hesitancy: Examining the mediating effects of Fear of COVID-19 and the moderating role of Trust in leadership

Cited by 34 publications

References 44 publications

Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentinian Population: Vaccination Is Associated With a Decrease in Depressive Symptoms

Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentinian Population: Vaccination Is Associated With a Decrease in Depressive Symptoms

The policy is always greener: impact heterogeneity of Covid-19 vaccination lotteries in the US

Vaccines, media and politics: A corpus-assisted discourse study of press representations of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

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