Emily J Pfender, Robert Stise, Erin Maloney, Michael Hennessy, Jessica B Langbaum, Amy Bleakley
{"title":"Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine brand preferences in the United States.","authors":"Emily J Pfender, Robert Stise, Erin Maloney, Michael Hennessy, Jessica B Langbaum, Amy Bleakley","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2025.2541678","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15456870.2025.2541678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study sought to understand factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine brand preferences, including Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson. Using a series of monthly repeated cross-sectional surveys, this study investigated whether beliefs about vaccine efficacy and perceived dangers of getting the vaccine were associated with brand-specific vaccine preferences. Using the extended parallel process model as a guiding theoretical framework, we examined how these beliefs (i.e. perceived dangerousness and effectiveness) about vaccine brands changed over time. Results indicated that preference for a specific brand was associated with the perceptions of the preferred vaccine being more effective and less dangerous but was not related to sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents. Most beliefs did not change over time except that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine was perceived as more dangerous in April and May 2021 compared to the following summer months. Findings provide theoretical implications for correcting fear-based messages during pandemics and highlight the importance of using strategic health messaging and social marketing when promoting vaccines.</p>","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12445734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145114691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linguistic stereotyping in natural language: How and when we generalize in communication about people.","authors":"Camiel J Beukeboom","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2025.2525799","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15456870.2025.2525799","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Language plays a key role in shaping and maintaining social-category stereotypes. While past research often examined isolated linguistic features in experimenter-generated sentences, in largely independent fields, this article takes an integrative approach by focusing on how stereotypes are communicated in natural, freely generated language. As social-category stereotypes are generalized impressions, a central mechanism in linguistic stereotyping is generalization, expressed in language that generalizes across individuals, situations, and time. I first examine how generalization takes shape in communication about others, and how this results in stereotype formation in recipients. Next, I explore when people generalize in their communication, rather than specify and use more nuanced descriptions about individual, situated behavior. Together, this reveals how everyday language perpetuates stereotypes in society. In conclusion, I discuss potential future research directions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12315844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144776430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current cases of and motivations for second screen use by generation Z: university students","authors":"Aydın Yeşilyurt, Sibel Karaduman","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2397957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2397957","url":null,"abstract":"Second screen use is becoming increasingly popular among young people. Türkiye can be expressed as a place where the use of devices such as TV, phone, tablet and computer is widespread. This study,...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday conversations that impact health communication: developing and validating the everyday family health communication measure","authors":"Emily Scheinfeld","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2397960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2397960","url":null,"abstract":"Research has shown that targeted, or episodic, conversations impact health behavior outcomes, like drinking, smoking, and sex, even later in life during emerging adulthood. However, little is truly...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Don’t try to make me laugh, let me do: persuading employees to action","authors":"Yael Brender-Ilan, Adi Katz","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2397962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2397962","url":null,"abstract":"As Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) gains prevalence in managerial practices, this study investigates the effect of managerial humor on employees’ perceptions of ability, motivation, and tende...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theories for social justice and reduction of inequalities: a review of freirean communications","authors":"John C. Hayvon","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2385946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2385946","url":null,"abstract":"This paper assesses the contributions of Paulo Freire to communication theories, drawing upon a search for communication theory literature on the database Communication and Mass Media Open and the ...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aibarsha Zhaksylyk, Beibit Togtarbay, Kuat Auyesbay, Bakyt Shoiymbekova, Zhainagul Tolemissova
{"title":"Development and problems of the national journalistic model of Kazakhstan, considering social, ethical, managerial, and marketing mechanisms of the media environment","authors":"Aibarsha Zhaksylyk, Beibit Togtarbay, Kuat Auyesbay, Bakyt Shoiymbekova, Zhainagul Tolemissova","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2386428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2386428","url":null,"abstract":"Journalistic activity in Kazakhstan is a complex system that occupies an important place in the development and promotion of a national modernized model of public consciousness. The purpose of the ...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141933401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarized framing of scientific uncertainty during COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco","authors":"Hicham Zag, Mohamed Mifdal","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2370274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2370274","url":null,"abstract":"Examining the representation of COVID-19-related scientific uncertainty in Moroccan media, this paper investigated how legacy and social media’s framing of scientific uncertainty contributed to sha...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141508016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tale of three betrayals: news framing of women who enable abusive men","authors":"Miglena Sternadori, Bethany Pitchford","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2344458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2344458","url":null,"abstract":"This study identified the dominant frames in the news coverage of three lawyers – Lisa Bloom, Susan Estrich, and Tina Tchen – who have repeatedly self-identified as feminists and yet have sided wit...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140636359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Braden Hale Bagley, Kathryn E. Anthony, Steven Venette
{"title":"Linguistic agency in disaster messaging: differing strategies for threat and efficacy perceptions","authors":"Braden Hale Bagley, Kathryn E. Anthony, Steven Venette","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2024.2345232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2345232","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of linguistic assignment of agency on individuals’ perceptions of source credibility; specifically, this study assessed the impact of lingui...","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"233 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140636361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}