与疫苗有关的阴谋和反阴谋叙述。沉默效果

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Communications-European Journal of Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-02-02 DOI:10.1515/commun-2022-0022

Nicoleta Corbu, Raluca Buturoiu, Valeriu Frunzaru, Gabriela Guiu

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摘要

最近的研究探讨了关于COVID-19疫苗接种的阴谋论的高度扩散及其在数字媒体环境中的潜在影响。通过在罗马尼亚进行的2 × 2实验设计(N = 945)，我们探讨了宣传疫苗接种阴谋论的媒体信息与揭穿此类阴谋叙事的媒体信息的接触是否会影响人们在朋友和家人面前支持或反对疫苗接种的意图(人际影响)。我们还分析了教育和批判性思维的调节作用。主要结果显示，关于疫苗接种的阴谋和反阴谋媒体内容都会对人们与他人讨论该话题的意愿产生负面影响，这为沉默效应提供了支持。教育和批判性思维调节了主要影响，但只是在一定程度上和在一定的实验条件下。

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Vaccine-related conspiracy and counter-conspiracy narratives. Silencing effects

Abstract Recent research explores the high proliferation of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccination, and their potential effects within digital media environments. By means of a 2 × 2 experimental design (N = 945) conducted in Romania, we explore whether exposure to media messages promoting conspiracy theories about vaccination versus media messages debunking such conspiracy narratives could influence people’s intention to either support or argue against vaccination in front of their friends and family (interpersonal influence). We also analyze the moderation effects of education and critical thinking. Main results show that both conspiracy and counter-conspiracy media content about vaccination negatively affect people’s willingness to discuss the topic with others, which offers support for a silencing effect. Education and critical thinking moderate the main effects, but only to some extent and in certain experimental conditions.

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Communications-European Journal of Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Communication Research is an established forum for scholarship and academic debate in the field of communication science and research from a European perspective. Communication science is concerned with the investigation of the structure and function of communication processes and their impact on society, social groups and individuals. The European Journal of Communication Research highlights the concerns of this discipline through the publication of articles, research reports, review essays and book reviews on theoretical and methodological developments considered from a European perspective. Communications seeks new and original European research material in the fields of interpersonal communication, intercultural communication and mass communication.