Aki Koivula
Biographic Data
| ID | 255170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aki Koivula |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aki |
| FAMILY NAME | Koivula |
| SIGNATURE | KOIVULA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8453-0863 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Political Trust and Aspirations to Influence Social Media During a Crisis: A Longitudinal Study
This study investigated how political trust shaped citizens' aspirations to influence others on social media during a COVID‐19 pandemic. Using four‐wave longitudinal survey data (2017–2021; N = 2172) collected from 543 citizens in Finland, we first analysed how political trust moderated the temporal development of individuals' aspirations to influence others online. We then examined how trust and influence aspirations jointly contributed to citiz…
The Dynamic and Reciprocal Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Loneliness: A Longitudinal Study
Problematic internet use (PIU) and loneliness are consistently linked, but whether one drives the other over time is unclear. Using six-wave panel data from 753 Finnish adults recruited through an online panel (4,518 observations), we examined how PIU and loneliness relate to each other within individuals. We used dynamic panel models that account for stable between-person differences and examine within-person changes, testing both contemporaneou…
Internal efficacy and political trust: Evaluating political institutions through pandemic crisis policy
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a rare opportunity to investigate the factors influencing citizens’ trust in political institutions in a context of crisis. Grounded in the trust-as-evaluation model and the distinction between specific and diffuse political support, we analysed a 3-wave longitudinal dataset ( n = 543) from the Finnish population (2019–2021) to assess how satisfaction with the government’s COVID-19 policy influenced political trust…
Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Encounter and Engage with Information about Science
This 68-country survey ( n = 71,922) examines science information diets and communication behavior, identifies cross-country differences, and tests how such differences are associated with sociopolitical and economic conditions. We find that social media are the most used sources of science information in most countries, except those with democratic-corporatist media systems where news media tend to be used more widely. People in collectivist soc…
How is political trust associated with economic and environmental policy prioritization? A longitudinal analysis between 2017 and 2022
In this article, we examine the longitudinal development of economy-over-environment policy priorities in Finland during a period marked by several significant adverse societal events. In addition, we explore the influence of political trust on these priorities over time. We utilize a five-round panel dataset comprising 2155 observations ( N = 431) to examine both within-individual and between-individual variations from late 2017 to early 2023. O…
Framing, emotions, and morality: Understanding media influence on moral attitudes towards the unvaccinated during Covid-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-compliance with health measures became a moralized issue. This study examines how news framing influences moral attitudes towards the unvaccinated and the mediating role of emotional reactions. Using an experiment (N = 456), we evaluated the effects of episodic and thematic framing on emotional responses and moral attitudes to unvaccinated individuals. Compared to the control group, episodic frame significantly r…
Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic resources, and on the rules of the game. However, the sociology of elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations of what can be considered as a position of economic power and internationally incompatible sources of information hinder compa…
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
Changes in Subjective Well-Being and its Mechanisms during Times of Crises in Finland
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent crises on subjective well-being (SWB) in Finland between 2016 and 2022. By examining various measures of quality of life, namely happiness, life satisfaction, perceived stress, loneliness, and economic security, we provide a comprehensive analysis of SWB during the pandemic and subsequent crises, including the social reopening and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Using a natio…
Media framing and trust: A randomized survey experiment on attitudes towards the unvaccinated during the Covid-19 pandemic
This research examines the influence of news media and trust in institutions on how vaccinated individuals in Finland perceived the unvaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed a randomized survey experiment involving 455 participants and incorporated episodic and thematic news framings on vaccine side effects alongside a non-treatment control group. Episodic framing, which presented personal stories, was found to significantly r…
Examining extra-parliamentary engagement: The impact of online and offline activities on in-party commitment amongst political party members in Finland
Purpose The study utilises unique survey data gathered from 12,427 party members. The dependent variable measures party members’ in-party commitment and is based on willingness to donate money, to contribute effort, the feeling of belonging in the party network and social trust in the party network. Design/methodology/approach In this article, we study how different extra-parliamentary online and offline activities are associated with in-party co…
Digital relatedness: A longitudinal study on social resources and the use of smart technology
The digital world is a vital place to connect with others. This study investigates individual differences in experiencing relatedness through new technologies, or “digital relatedness.” The study is grounded in a novel framework that combines social and digital capital and self-determination theory perspectives. We used a three-wave survey conducted from 2021 to 2023 involving 1226 Finnish adults and applied random effects within-between models f…
Appearance and Social Inequalities: Physical Attractiveness as a Part of Occupation-Congruent Appearance
Appearance-based inequalities are gaining increasing interest in sociology. This article is the first to systematically examine the extent to which attractiveness is linked to culturally shared ideas of representatives of different occupations. We conceptualise these cultural expectations as 'occupation-congruent appearance'. To understand the gendered dynamics between attractiveness and looking 'congruent', we analyse large-scale photograph data…
Covid-19 Compliance and Media Consumption: A Longitudinal Study of Finland and the US During the First Year of Covid-19
The article examines media consumption and compliance with health-protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-wave, longitudinal surveys were conducted in Finland and the United States in April 2020 and October 2020, with a total of 1,380 participants (N = 1,380). The variables analyzed included daily consumption of different media channels (broadcast, print, and social media), health-protective behavior, and COVID-19 self-efficacy. The…
Combating loneliness: The role of neighbourhood ICT , environmental attractiveness, and a sense of belonging to a local community
Neighbourhoods can provide a sense of belonging to a local community and support subjective well‐being. Our goal was to gain novel insight into the value of neighbourhood information and communication technology (ICT) in combating loneliness. Furthermore, we were interested in how a sense of belonging to a local community can be a potential mediating factor and the role of environmental attractiveness. We used data from a nationwide survey of Fin…
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Exploring class identification among Finnish party members
Class cleavage has been an important factor in forming the West‐European party systems, and class identification can still be considered one of the key types of social identity, especially among members of older parties. Nevertheless, previous research has ignored the importance of party members' class identifications. In this study, we hypothesise that party affiliation can form a context of social identity in which party members' class identifi…
When trust is not enough. A longitudinal analysis of political trust and political competence during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland
In this study, we explored the longitudinal relationship of political trust and subjective political competence during the COVID-19 outbreak. We also examined how levels of political trust and political competence were associated with compliance with COVID-19 recommendations. We used three-wave panel data including 2,205 observations (N = 735) to study changes within and between individuals from 2017 to 2020. The last round of the survey was cond…
Loneliness and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: Relationships with social media identity bubbles
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and mental health are a concern worldwide. This article is based on two longitudinal studies that investigated the role of social media use in loneliness and psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 utilized nationally representative 3-point longitudinal data (n = 735) collected in 2017-2020 on the Finnish population. Study 2 utilized 5-point longitudinal data (n = 840)…
Does excessive social media use decrease subjective well-being? A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic use, loneliness and life satisfaction
Social Ecological Model of Problem Gambling: A Cross-National Survey Study of Young People in the United States, South Korea, Spain, and Finland
Problem gambling among young people is an emerging trend globally. The online environment in particular offers various possibilities for gambling engagement. This is the first cross-national survey study using the social ecological model to analyze problem gambling, especially in the online context. The study aimed to analyze how different social ecological spheres explain problem gambling. Participants were young people aged 15-25 in the United …
The voice of distrust? The relationship between political trust, online political participation and voting
In this article, we examine how political trust is associated with participation in political discussions on social media and voting activity. We explore whether social media can provide platforms for those who are passive in terms of formal political participation. Our data were derived from a representative survey based on a sample collected in 2017 from the Finnish population register (N = 2470). Our key findings were that online and offline p…
Undercurrents of echo chambers and flame wars: Party political correlates of social media behavior
In this study, we examine how political party preference and politically active social media use associate with social media behaviors - namely, conformist, provocative, and protective - in the context of the current political sphere in Finland. In our empirical analysis, we use a nationally representative dataset collected from 3,724 Finnish citizens in 2018. Our research confirms the assumption that there are notable differences in the social m…
Online dating applications and risk of youth victimization: A lifestyle exposure perspective
Based on lifestyle exposure theory (LET), this study examined online dating application (ODA) use and victimization experiences among adolescents using large cross‐national samples of Finnish, American, Spanish, and South Korean young people between ages 15 and 18. According to logistic regression analyses in two substudies, ODA use was associated with more likely victimization to online harassment, online sexual harassment, and other cybercrimes…
Attitudes Toward Robots as Equipment and Coworkers and the Impact of Robot Autonomy Level
Increasingly, people must interact with robot technologies. In this research, we examined attitudes toward robots as equipment and as coworkers and whether these attitudes are affected by the autonomy of the robot among participants living in the United States (Study 1: N = 1003; Study 2: N = 969). Study 1 revealed that respondents had a more positive attitude toward robots as equipment than as coworkers. Technology use self-efficacy and prior ro…
When trust is not enough. A longitudinal analysis of political trust and political competence during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland
In this study, we explored the longitudinal relationship of political trust and subjective political competence during the COVID-19 outbreak. We also examined how levels of political trust and political competence were associated with compliance with COVID-19 recommendations. We used three-wave panel data including 2,205 observations (N = 735) to study changes within and between individuals from 2017 to 2020. The last round of the survey was cond…
Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic resources, and on the rules of the game. However, the sociology of elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations of what can be considered as a position of economic power and internationally incompatible sources of information hinder compa…
Loneliness and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: Relationships with social media identity bubbles
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and mental health are a concern worldwide. This article is based on two longitudinal studies that investigated the role of social media use in loneliness and psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 utilized nationally representative 3-point longitudinal data (n = 735) collected in 2017-2020 on the Finnish population. Study 2 utilized 5-point longitudinal data (n = 840)…
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
How do social class position and party preference influence support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries
In this paper, we study the influence of the social class and political party preference on support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries. Additionally, we examine how age confounds the relationship between party preference and support for fossil fuel taxation. We utilize Round 8 data from the European Social Survey from Finland, Norway, and Sweden (n = 5021). According to the results, party preference was a more significant factor than so…
Social and ideological representativeness: A comparison of political party members and supporters in Finland after the realignment of major parties
This study provides a new frame of reference for understanding intraparty dynamics by analyzing party members’ representativeness with respect to party supporters regarding socioeconomic status and the ideological spectrum in a multiparty system, namely that of Finland. The analysis is based on a unique member-based survey of Finland’s six major political parties ( N = 12,427), which is combined with supporter data derived from a nationally repre…
Double standards in the accumulation and utilisation of 'aesthetic capital
Physical appearance as a form of capital has received increasing attention in sociology in recent years. The logic suggests that ‘aesthetic capital’, like other forms of capital, can be accumulated and utilised in economic and social exchange. However, previous research has not paid attention to societal norms that may regulate the accumulation and utilisation of ‘aesthetic capital’ differently for men and women. In this paper, we turn our attent…
Attitudes Toward Robots as Equipment and Coworkers and the Impact of Robot Autonomy Level
Increasingly, people must interact with robot technologies. In this research, we examined attitudes toward robots as equipment and as coworkers and whether these attitudes are affected by the autonomy of the robot among participants living in the United States (Study 1: N = 1003; Study 2: N = 969). Study 1 revealed that respondents had a more positive attitude toward robots as equipment than as coworkers. Technology use self-efficacy and prior ro…
The voice of distrust? The relationship between political trust, online political participation and voting
In this article, we examine how political trust is associated with participation in political discussions on social media and voting activity. We explore whether social media can provide platforms for those who are passive in terms of formal political participation. Our data were derived from a representative survey based on a sample collected in 2017 from the Finnish population register (N = 2470). Our key findings were that online and offline p…
Political party preference and social trust in four Nordic countries
Undercurrents of echo chambers and flame wars: Party political correlates of social media behavior
In this study, we examine how political party preference and politically active social media use associate with social media behaviors - namely, conformist, provocative, and protective - in the context of the current political sphere in Finland. In our empirical analysis, we use a nationally representative dataset collected from 3,724 Finnish citizens in 2018. Our research confirms the assumption that there are notable differences in the social m…
Political trust, political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the association between political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions, while also considering how political trust facilitates the association. The authors focus on the opinions of supporters of the six largest parliamentary political parties in Finland. Design/methodology/approach The data are based on a population level survey. First, the authors compared party supporters’ tr…
Risk perceptions across the current political spectrum in Finland: A study of party members
Political party member perceptions of risk continue to attract a great deal of attention in current public discourse and media coverage, yet little research exists in terms of a comparative analysis of Finnish political parties’ views on the issue. Party members are in many ways a highly significant social group, one that exercises a great deal of decision-making power in modern civil societies. This article provides a novel and up-to-date look i…
Highly educated but occupationally differentiated: The members of Finland's Green League
The socio-demographic profiles and occupations of the members of the Green League and other Finnish political parties are examined using survey data collected from the members of Finland’s six major political parties (n = 12,427). Significant differentiation in occupational structure is revealed among Green party members. The importance of understanding how Green party members differ by background is emphasised while providing new approaches to s…
Changes in Subjective Well-Being and its Mechanisms during Times of Crises in Finland
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent crises on subjective well-being (SWB) in Finland between 2016 and 2022. By examining various measures of quality of life, namely happiness, life satisfaction, perceived stress, loneliness, and economic security, we provide a comprehensive analysis of SWB during the pandemic and subsequent crises, including the social reopening and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Using a natio…
Combating loneliness: The role of neighbourhood ICT , environmental attractiveness, and a sense of belonging to a local community
Neighbourhoods can provide a sense of belonging to a local community and support subjective well‐being. Our goal was to gain novel insight into the value of neighbourhood information and communication technology (ICT) in combating loneliness. Furthermore, we were interested in how a sense of belonging to a local community can be a potential mediating factor and the role of environmental attractiveness. We used data from a nationwide survey of Fin…
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Online dating applications and risk of youth victimization: A lifestyle exposure perspective
Based on lifestyle exposure theory (LET), this study examined online dating application (ODA) use and victimization experiences among adolescents using large cross‐national samples of Finnish, American, Spanish, and South Korean young people between ages 15 and 18. According to logistic regression analyses in two substudies, ODA use was associated with more likely victimization to online harassment, online sexual harassment, and other cybercrimes…
Appearance and Social Inequalities: Physical Attractiveness as a Part of Occupation-Congruent Appearance
Appearance-based inequalities are gaining increasing interest in sociology. This article is the first to systematically examine the extent to which attractiveness is linked to culturally shared ideas of representatives of different occupations. We conceptualise these cultural expectations as 'occupation-congruent appearance'. To understand the gendered dynamics between attractiveness and looking 'congruent', we analyse large-scale photograph data…
Exploring class identification among Finnish party members
Class cleavage has been an important factor in forming the West‐European party systems, and class identification can still be considered one of the key types of social identity, especially among members of older parties. Nevertheless, previous research has ignored the importance of party members' class identifications. In this study, we hypothesise that party affiliation can form a context of social identity in which party members' class identifi…
Risk response over time: Political compartmentalization of terrorism risk perception
Societal threats are a growing concern in European democracies in light of risks of terrorism. At the same time, we are witnessing a visible trend of political polarization across the countries. Therefore, there is a need to understand how risk perceptions have changed over time ideologically and demographically. This article provides a novel look into risk response over time while considering potential ideological links to the phenomenon. The an…
Assessing the social media landscape: Online relational use-purposes and life satisfaction among Finns
This study examines the social Internet use-purposes of Finns along with links to perceived life satisfaction. Here, associations between life satisfaction and various online behaviors linked to socialization are explored among the Finnish adult population, sigh data coming from nationally representative surveys focused on adult populations in Finland (N=1,600). Analysis shows that social media use is linked to both higher and lower levels of ove…
Political party preference and social trust in four Nordic countries
Risk perceptions across the current political spectrum in Finland: A study of party members
Political party member perceptions of risk continue to attract a great deal of attention in current public discourse and media coverage, yet little research exists in terms of a comparative analysis of Finnish political parties’ views on the issue. Party members are in many ways a highly significant social group, one that exercises a great deal of decision-making power in modern civil societies. This article provides a novel and up-to-date look i…
Highly educated but occupationally differentiated: The members of Finland's Green League
The socio-demographic profiles and occupations of the members of the Green League and other Finnish political parties are examined using survey data collected from the members of Finland’s six major political parties (n = 12,427). Significant differentiation in occupational structure is revealed among Green party members. The importance of understanding how Green party members differ by background is emphasised while providing new approaches to s…
Regulation and Trust: 3-Month Follow-up Study on Covid-19 Mortality in 25 European Countries
BACKGROUND: The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has dramatically changed societies in 2020. Since the end of February, Europe has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, but there are major country differences in both the spread of the virus and measures taken to stop the virus. Social psychological factors such as institutional trust could be important in understanding the development of the epidemic. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this st…
Ideological motives, digital divides, and political polarization: How do political party preference and values correspond with the political use of social media
A feminine burden of perfection? Appearance-related pressures on social networking sites
Online Relationships and Social Media Interaction in Youth Problem Gambling: A Four-Country Study
The objective of this study was to examine if belonging to online communities and social media identity bubbles predict youth problem gambling. An online survey was administered to 15-25-year-old participants in the United States ( N = 1212), South Korea ( N = 1192), Spain ( N = 1212), and Finland ( N = 1200). The survey measured two dimensions of online behavior: perceived sense of belonging to an online community and involvement in social media…
Influencers and targets on social media: Investigating the impact of network homogeneity and group identification on online influence
This study identifies social media users who aim to influence others and those who have experienced influencing behavior targeted at them. It investigates how influential users and targets of influence differ with respect to their demographic backgrounds and how the perceived group identification, network homogeneity, and size of the social network affect online influence. The data was based on a large-scale survey of Finnish people (N=2,761). We…
Risk response over time: Political compartmentalization of terrorism risk perception
Societal threats are a growing concern in European democracies in light of risks of terrorism. At the same time, we are witnessing a visible trend of political polarization across the countries. Therefore, there is a need to understand how risk perceptions have changed over time ideologically and demographically. This article provides a novel look into risk response over time while considering potential ideological links to the phenomenon. The an…
How do social class position and party preference influence support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries
In this paper, we study the influence of the social class and political party preference on support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries. Additionally, we examine how age confounds the relationship between party preference and support for fossil fuel taxation. We utilize Round 8 data from the European Social Survey from Finland, Norway, and Sweden (n = 5021). According to the results, party preference was a more significant factor than so…
Political trust, political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the association between political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions, while also considering how political trust facilitates the association. The authors focus on the opinions of supporters of the six largest parliamentary political parties in Finland. Design/methodology/approach The data are based on a population level survey. First, the authors compared party supporters’ tr…
Social and ideological representativeness: A comparison of political party members and supporters in Finland after the realignment of major parties
This study provides a new frame of reference for understanding intraparty dynamics by analyzing party members’ representativeness with respect to party supporters regarding socioeconomic status and the ideological spectrum in a multiparty system, namely that of Finland. The analysis is based on a unique member-based survey of Finland’s six major political parties ( N = 12,427), which is combined with supporter data derived from a nationally repre…
Double standards in the accumulation and utilisation of 'aesthetic capital
Physical appearance as a form of capital has received increasing attention in sociology in recent years. The logic suggests that ‘aesthetic capital’, like other forms of capital, can be accumulated and utilised in economic and social exchange. However, previous research has not paid attention to societal norms that may regulate the accumulation and utilisation of ‘aesthetic capital’ differently for men and women. In this paper, we turn our attent…
Does excessive social media use decrease subjective well-being? A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic use, loneliness and life satisfaction
Social Ecological Model of Problem Gambling: A Cross-National Survey Study of Young People in the United States, South Korea, Spain, and Finland
Problem gambling among young people is an emerging trend globally. The online environment in particular offers various possibilities for gambling engagement. This is the first cross-national survey study using the social ecological model to analyze problem gambling, especially in the online context. The study aimed to analyze how different social ecological spheres explain problem gambling. Participants were young people aged 15-25 in the United …
The voice of distrust? The relationship between political trust, online political participation and voting
In this article, we examine how political trust is associated with participation in political discussions on social media and voting activity. We explore whether social media can provide platforms for those who are passive in terms of formal political participation. Our data were derived from a representative survey based on a sample collected in 2017 from the Finnish population register (N = 2470). Our key findings were that online and offline p…
Undercurrents of echo chambers and flame wars: Party political correlates of social media behavior
In this study, we examine how political party preference and politically active social media use associate with social media behaviors - namely, conformist, provocative, and protective - in the context of the current political sphere in Finland. In our empirical analysis, we use a nationally representative dataset collected from 3,724 Finnish citizens in 2018. Our research confirms the assumption that there are notable differences in the social m…
Online dating applications and risk of youth victimization: A lifestyle exposure perspective
Based on lifestyle exposure theory (LET), this study examined online dating application (ODA) use and victimization experiences among adolescents using large cross‐national samples of Finnish, American, Spanish, and South Korean young people between ages 15 and 18. According to logistic regression analyses in two substudies, ODA use was associated with more likely victimization to online harassment, online sexual harassment, and other cybercrimes…
Attitudes Toward Robots as Equipment and Coworkers and the Impact of Robot Autonomy Level
Increasingly, people must interact with robot technologies. In this research, we examined attitudes toward robots as equipment and as coworkers and whether these attitudes are affected by the autonomy of the robot among participants living in the United States (Study 1: N = 1003; Study 2: N = 969). Study 1 revealed that respondents had a more positive attitude toward robots as equipment than as coworkers. Technology use self-efficacy and prior ro…
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Exploring class identification among Finnish party members
Class cleavage has been an important factor in forming the West‐European party systems, and class identification can still be considered one of the key types of social identity, especially among members of older parties. Nevertheless, previous research has ignored the importance of party members' class identifications. In this study, we hypothesise that party affiliation can form a context of social identity in which party members' class identifi…
When trust is not enough. A longitudinal analysis of political trust and political competence during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland
In this study, we explored the longitudinal relationship of political trust and subjective political competence during the COVID-19 outbreak. We also examined how levels of political trust and political competence were associated with compliance with COVID-19 recommendations. We used three-wave panel data including 2,205 observations (N = 735) to study changes within and between individuals from 2017 to 2020. The last round of the survey was cond…
Loneliness and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: Relationships with social media identity bubbles
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and mental health are a concern worldwide. This article is based on two longitudinal studies that investigated the role of social media use in loneliness and psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 utilized nationally representative 3-point longitudinal data (n = 735) collected in 2017-2020 on the Finnish population. Study 2 utilized 5-point longitudinal data (n = 840)…
Covid-19 Compliance and Media Consumption: A Longitudinal Study of Finland and the US During the First Year of Covid-19
The article examines media consumption and compliance with health-protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-wave, longitudinal surveys were conducted in Finland and the United States in April 2020 and October 2020, with a total of 1,380 participants (N = 1,380). The variables analyzed included daily consumption of different media channels (broadcast, print, and social media), health-protective behavior, and COVID-19 self-efficacy. The…
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