Chapter 13 The Swedish way
This chapter examines public belief formation in Sweden during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on theories of sociotropic belief formation, we analyze how citizens’ ideology, personal experience, interpersonal talk and media use influence their beliefs about how the coronavirus...
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| author | Shehata, Adam Glogger, Isabella Andersen, Kim |
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| description | This chapter examines public belief formation in Sweden during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on theories of sociotropic belief formation, we analyze how citizens’ ideology, personal experience, interpersonal talk and media use influence their beliefs about how the coronavirus affects the Swedish society. The findings from analyses of three waves of panel survey data suggest that (1) citizens continuously update their corona beliefs over time; that (2) ideological belief gaps emerge in the initial phase of the crisis but remain relatively constant over time; that (3) corona beliefs primarily depend on ideology and news media use; and that (4) these two factors also influence the likelihood that citizens hold-on to beliefs formed at an early stage of the pandemic. Furthermore, while news media use was more clearly related to perceptions about the magnitude of the coronavirus as a societal problem, ideology played a larger role for perceptions about how Sweden had managed the virus. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-718842025-05-08T09:15:35Z Chapter 13 The Swedish way Shehata, Adam Glogger, Isabella Andersen, Kim Covid-19, beliefs, public communication, Sweden, ideology, citizens, news media, media use, pandemic, coronavirus This chapter examines public belief formation in Sweden during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on theories of sociotropic belief formation, we analyze how citizens’ ideology, personal experience, interpersonal talk and media use influence their beliefs about how the coronavirus affects the Swedish society. The findings from analyses of three waves of panel survey data suggest that (1) citizens continuously update their corona beliefs over time; that (2) ideological belief gaps emerge in the initial phase of the crisis but remain relatively constant over time; that (3) corona beliefs primarily depend on ideology and news media use; and that (4) these two factors also influence the likelihood that citizens hold-on to beliefs formed at an early stage of the pandemic. Furthermore, while news media use was more clearly related to perceptions about the magnitude of the coronavirus as a societal problem, ideology played a larger role for perceptions about how Sweden had managed the virus. 2021-09-11T04:04:39Z 2021-09-11T04:04:39Z 2021-09-10T09:13:09Z 2021 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50594 9780367771577 9780367761851 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71884 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50594/1/10.4324_9781003170051-16.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50594/1/10.4324_9781003170051-16.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50594/1/10.4324_9781003170051-16.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003170051-16 10.4324/9781003170051-16 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus H2020 European Research Council 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 9780367771577 9780367761851 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection Routledge 16 804662 Varieties of Media Effects open access |
| spellingShingle | Covid-19, beliefs, public communication, Sweden, ideology, citizens, news media, media use, pandemic, coronavirus Shehata, Adam Glogger, Isabella Andersen, Kim Chapter 13 The Swedish way |
| title | Chapter 13 The Swedish way |
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| topic | Covid-19, beliefs, public communication, Sweden, ideology, citizens, news media, media use, pandemic, coronavirus |
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