Politicization and COVID-19 vaccine resistance in the US

T Bolsen, R Palm - Progress in molecular biology and translational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Science is frequently used and distorted to advance political, economic, or cultural agendas.
The politicization of science can limit the positive impacts that scientific advances can offer …

Quantifying the potential persuasive returns to political microtargeting

BM Tappin, C Wittenberg, LB Hewitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Much concern has been raised about the power of political microtargeting to sway voters'
opinions, influence elections, and undermine democracy. Yet little research has directly …

Vaccinating across the aisle: using co-partisan source cues to encourage COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the ideological right

S Sylvester, M Motta, KL Trujillo… - Journal of behavioral …, 2023 - Springer
Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will require most Americans to
vaccinate against the disease. However, considerable research suggests that a significant …

How the crisis of trust in experts occurs on social media in China? Multiple-case analysis based on data mining

Y Wen, X Zhao, Y Zang, X Li - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
The importance of experts in the communication of scientific knowledge cannot be ignored,
however, the crisis of trust in experts persists and is widening on social media in China. In …

[HTML][HTML] What accounts for the variation in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Eastern, Southern and Western Europe?

D Toshkov - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
In the wake of mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in 2021, significant differences in
vaccine skepticism emerged across Europe, with Eastern European countries in particular …

Covid-19 spillover effects onto general vaccine attitudes

K Lunz Trujillo, J Green, A Safarpour… - Public Opinion …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Even amid the unprecedented public health challenges attributable to the COVID-19
pandemic, opposition to vaccinating against the novel coronavirus has been both prevalent …

A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States

N Solomonov, J Green, A Quintana, J Lin… - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background We aimed to characterize the prevalence of social disconnection and thoughts
of suicide among older adults in the United States, and examine the association between …

Media use and vaccine resistance

J Green, JN Druckman, MA Baum, K Ognyanova… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Public health requires collective action—the public best addresses health crises when
individuals engage in prosocial behaviors. Failure to do so can have dire societal and …

[PDF][PDF] Persuasive political targeting: A remarkably understudied dynamic

JN Druckman - Unpublished manuscript, Northwestern …, 2024 - ipr.northwestern.edu
Technological developments have increased attention to an age-old politicalpersuasion
technique: targeting. Surprisingly, research on the efficacy of persuasive political targeting is …

Belief in divine (versus human) control of earth affects perceived threat of climate change

JV Kane, SL Perry - npj Climate Action, 2024 - nature.com
Religious characteristics are predictive of Americans' skepticism toward climate-related
science and policy. Though attributable to a variety of interrelated factors, we propose …