Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences

Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences

Our objective was to determine whether social media influences vaccination through informational and normative influences among Democrats and Republicans. We use a probability-based longitudinal study of Americans (N = 1768) collected between December 2022 and September 2023 to examine the prospecti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2024-07, Vol.352, p.117031, Article 117031
Hauptverfasser: DeMora, Stephanie L., Granados Samayoa, Javier A., Albarracín, Dolores
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Communication
Ideology
Informational processes
Normative processes
Party identities
Political parties
Social media
Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:Our objective was to determine whether social media influences vaccination through informational and normative influences among Democrats and Republicans. We use a probability-based longitudinal study of Americans (N = 1768) collected between December 2022 and September 2023 to examine the prospective associations between social media use and vaccination as well as informational and normative influence as mediating processes. Greater social media use correlates with more frequent vaccination (cross-lagged coefficients: COVID-19 = 0.113, p 
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117031