Josep Lobera
Biographic Data
| ID | 308337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josep Lobera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josep |
| FAMILY NAME | Lobera |
| SIGNATURE | LOBERA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0620-6312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Are we looking at crises through polarized lenses? Predicting public assessments of the official early responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in eight countries
Understanding public appraisal of the governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has extensive implications for the political management of crises that require a substantial amount of civil collaboration. Using open data from a comparative online survey in eight countries (Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States), we have run mixed multilevel fixed-effects models for the pooled data and lin…
La nueva frontera de la desigualdad digital: La Brecha Participativa
En este trabajo estudiamos la relación entre participación digital ybrecha participativa. Mientras que la participación digital hacereferencia al uso de Internet por parte de los ciudadanos para producirbienes culturales que son posteriormente compartidos a escala global-,la brecha participativa se define como el conjunto de desigualdadesque genera una distribución irregular de estos usos creativos deInternet. Se examina la brecha participativa d…
Determinants of self-reported adherence to Covid-19 regulations in Spain: Social norms, trust and risk perception
Failure of individuals to voluntarily observe regulations and recommendations around mitigating COVID-19 (e.g. social distancing; frequent handwashing) is often cited as a reason why some countries struggled to curtail the spread of the virus. Understanding the factors that are associated with people’s willingness to comply with COVID-19 regulations and recommendations is an important step in helping policy makers and health officials reduce the …
Nationalism, patriotism, or national reference? A response to Jacopo Custodi
Jacop Custodi elaborated recently a response to our article “A nationalist party with non‐nationalistic voters? Discussing the limits of nationalism in party categorisation” published in the journal Nations & Nationalism. We consider the work of Custodi is an important and original contribution to the study of left politics and nationalism. This being said, we reflect on the negative consequences of overstretching the category nationalism, both r…
Testing Public Reactions to Mass-Protest Hybrid Media Events
The configuration of protests as hybrid media events not only enables them to reach wider audiences but also favors the transformation of those audiences into active publics. In this increasingly common scenario, our study proposes a set of indicators to scrutinize how the public reacts during such hybrid media events, and to test such reactions in light of the mass protests that took place in Spain to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD…
A nationalist party with non‐nationalistic voters? Discussing the limits of nationalism in party categorisation
Are populism and nationalism two inseparable dimensions? The controversial argument is that both exclusionary and inclusionary populism draw on nationalist representations and traditions to construct their political discourse. In the case of Podemos, several scholars have argued that this party presents a nationalistic character based on its invocation of the ‘patria’ and a demarcated, imagined political community. This article relies on an origi…
Analysis of the tendency to select the "neither nor" option in agreement/disagreement scales on a low - salience topic: The contribution of individual differences
This paper examines the frequency of midpoint responses in agree/disagree scales in a survey measuring attitudes toward science and scientific policy, a low-salience and difficult topic. It also examines the contribution of individual differences to explain the tendency to select this option. It is assumed that the use of the midpoint "Neither agree nor disagree" (NA/ND) in Agree/Disagree (A/D) scales is to some extent an indication of satisficin…
Scientific Appearance and Homeopathy. Determinants of Trust in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Several studies have investigated the motivations driving the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). Nevertheless, the general public view of these therapies remains relatively unexplored. Our study identifies the social factors that determine a person's trust in alternative therapies, like homeopathy or acupuncture, drawing conclusions from the results of the Spanish National Survey on the Social Perception of Science and Technolo…
Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism
Recent studies suggest that new parties display new patterns of digital mobilization. We shed light on this debate: do new party supporters engage in online political activities to a greater extent during electoral campaigns? Do they share political images or quotes on social media, participate in political forums, or exchange political messages with their friends more often than supporters of traditional parties? No. Drawing on a post-electoral …
Combined Effects of Cultural-Linguistic Proximity and Naturalization on Political Integration of First-Generation Immigrants
Although the under-participation of ethnic minorities in the electoral field is frequently observed, the nuances of their political engagement remain relatively unexplored by scholars. Particularly, little empirical analysis has attempted to identify the barriers faced by first-generation immigrants to adopt a party preference in their host country. Drawing on a unique survey data with a large sample of first-generation immigrants (N= 2,648) in a…
The Private Is Political: Partisan Persuasion through Mobile Instant Messaging Services
The use of mobile instant messaging services (MIMS) for the dissemination of electoral information has been increasing in recent years. Drawing on a novel dataset from a 2015 post-electoral survey in Spain, we focus on individuals’ digital political behavior, both public and private. Our results show that, in a context of high electoral volatility and polarization, right-wing supporters are willing to engage in political persuasion activities usi…
Functions of Collective Narratives in a Territorial Conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian Case
The various narratives of a conflict play a central role in its development. Not only are they a reflection of the collective memory of the various parties in conflict, but also a functional element in its dynamics. In the case of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, data show that each side’s main narratives are fairly stable over time, and they possess significant magnitudes – over two thirds of their publics, in both cases. This article analyses …
Resolving the small-pockets problem helps clarify the role of education and political ideology in shaping vaccine scepticism
Understanding the factors associated with vaccine scepticism is challenging because of the 'small-pockets' problem: The number of highly vaccine-sceptical people is low, and small subsamples such as these can be missed using traditional regression approaches. To overcome this problem, the current study (N = 5,200) used latent profile analysis to uncover six profiles, including two micro-communities of vaccine-sceptical people who have the potenti…
Postcolonial Bonds? Latin American Origins, Discrimination, and Sense of Belonging to Spain
The present study examines the costs of discrimination and cultural-linguistic differences for the development of migrants' sense of belonging to the receiving society. Focusing on Latin Americans in Spain allows shedding light on the cultural and linguistic mechanisms involved in this process. Migration scholars have long recognized the importance of belonging as a key indicator of integration. An analysis of belonging has clear relevance to set…
Privacy, Values and Machines: Predicting Opposition to Artificial Intelligence
In this study we identify, for the first time, social determinants of opposition to artificial intelligence, based on the assessment of its benefits and risks. Using a national survey in Spain (n = 5200) and linear regression models, we show that common explanations regarding opposition to artificial intelligence, such as competition and relative vulnerability theories, are not confirmed or have limited explanatory power. Stronger effects are sho…
Vaccine hesitancy is strongly associated with distrust of conventional medicine, and only weakly associated with trust in alternative medicine
Streets and Institutions
The emergence of inclusive populist parties has transformed the electoral field, especially in Southern Europe. We analyse the distinct types of radical politics that have emerged and the sociopolitical context that has favoured them. We examine the characteristics of new parties, specifically Syriza and Podemos, based on three dimensions (materialist, political and symbolic). We note the development of a tension within these new types of parties…
New intermediations of the electoral information flows: Changes in the Digital Public Sphere in election campaigns in Spain (2008-15)
In this article, we analyse the evolution of electoral information flows in Spain in the digital environment. Three post-electoral surveys (2008, 2011 and 2015) among internet users ( N = 4,312) and a series of focus groups enable us to analyse the process of expansion of the Digital Public Sphere (DPS) in Spain. We show that, instead of disintermediation, new intermediations of the electoral information flows appear. The candidacies no longer mo…
Medición de la cristalización electoral de un movimiento de protesta: De la indignación al voto
This article examines the electoral impact of social protest movements, providing new methodological and conceptual approaches to the subject. Two fields of study, social movements and new political parties, seem to have left a sparsely treated gap between the two: the connection between the rise of social movements and the subsequent emergence of new political parties. Specifically, we are interested in investigating how the foundations of a pro…
El declive de la fe en el progreso. Posmaterialismo, ideología y religiosidad en las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia
En las sociedades contemporáneas, las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia han devenido más complejas y poliédricas, alejándose de las concepciones meliorativas tradicionales. Nuestro trabajo profundiza en el análisis de la creciente importancia de la ambivalencia, así como en el cuestionamiento del modelo del déficit cognitivo como teoría explicativa. Apuntamos que los esquemas cognitivos vinculados a valores posmaterialistas y al nivel …
Toward a multi‐ethnic public sphere? Media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two surveys, we observed a decrease in access to media specifically aimed at audiences of minority cultures between 2010 and 2012. It is suggested that this decline is not due to a modification in media consumption habits b…
The Spanish 15-M Movement: A consensual dissent
Since May 2011, the Spanish 15-M Movement (commonly referred as los indignados [the outraged]) has become a major player in the domestic political scenario. Public opinion data reveal that there is a cross-sectional support for the 15-M among the general population in Spain, affecting people of different ages, genders, employment situations and levels of urbanization. The data present a “movement of dissent” and confirm the crisis of the consensu…
Identidad, significado y medición de las amas de casa
Cerca de una de cada cinco mujeres mayores de edad se dedica en exclusiva al trabajo doméstico no remunerado en España. El contraste de los datos de dos metodologías distintas para la identificación y medición de esta actividad nos permite constatar la carga ideológica que acompaña al concepto "ama de casa": por un lado, los datos obtenidos por la Encuesta de Población Activa, con una metodología de identificación etic; por el otro, una encuesta …
Vaccine hesitancy is strongly associated with distrust of conventional medicine, and only weakly associated with trust in alternative medicine
The Spanish 15-M Movement: A consensual dissent
Since May 2011, the Spanish 15-M Movement (commonly referred as los indignados [the outraged]) has become a major player in the domestic political scenario. Public opinion data reveal that there is a cross-sectional support for the 15-M among the general population in Spain, affecting people of different ages, genders, employment situations and levels of urbanization. The data present a “movement of dissent” and confirm the crisis of the consensu…
Testing Public Reactions to Mass-Protest Hybrid Media Events
The configuration of protests as hybrid media events not only enables them to reach wider audiences but also favors the transformation of those audiences into active publics. In this increasingly common scenario, our study proposes a set of indicators to scrutinize how the public reacts during such hybrid media events, and to test such reactions in light of the mass protests that took place in Spain to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD…
A nationalist party with non‐nationalistic voters? Discussing the limits of nationalism in party categorisation
Are populism and nationalism two inseparable dimensions? The controversial argument is that both exclusionary and inclusionary populism draw on nationalist representations and traditions to construct their political discourse. In the case of Podemos, several scholars have argued that this party presents a nationalistic character based on its invocation of the ‘patria’ and a demarcated, imagined political community. This article relies on an origi…
Postcolonial Bonds? Latin American Origins, Discrimination, and Sense of Belonging to Spain
The present study examines the costs of discrimination and cultural-linguistic differences for the development of migrants' sense of belonging to the receiving society. Focusing on Latin Americans in Spain allows shedding light on the cultural and linguistic mechanisms involved in this process. Migration scholars have long recognized the importance of belonging as a key indicator of integration. An analysis of belonging has clear relevance to set…
Toward a multi‐ethnic public sphere? Media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two surveys, we observed a decrease in access to media specifically aimed at audiences of minority cultures between 2010 and 2012. It is suggested that this decline is not due to a modification in media consumption habits b…
La nueva frontera de la desigualdad digital: La Brecha Participativa
En este trabajo estudiamos la relación entre participación digital ybrecha participativa. Mientras que la participación digital hacereferencia al uso de Internet por parte de los ciudadanos para producirbienes culturales que son posteriormente compartidos a escala global-,la brecha participativa se define como el conjunto de desigualdadesque genera una distribución irregular de estos usos creativos deInternet. Se examina la brecha participativa d…
Analysis of the tendency to select the "neither nor" option in agreement/disagreement scales on a low - salience topic: The contribution of individual differences
This paper examines the frequency of midpoint responses in agree/disagree scales in a survey measuring attitudes toward science and scientific policy, a low-salience and difficult topic. It also examines the contribution of individual differences to explain the tendency to select this option. It is assumed that the use of the midpoint "Neither agree nor disagree" (NA/ND) in Agree/Disagree (A/D) scales is to some extent an indication of satisficin…
El declive de la fe en el progreso. Posmaterialismo, ideología y religiosidad en las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia
En las sociedades contemporáneas, las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia han devenido más complejas y poliédricas, alejándose de las concepciones meliorativas tradicionales. Nuestro trabajo profundiza en el análisis de la creciente importancia de la ambivalencia, así como en el cuestionamiento del modelo del déficit cognitivo como teoría explicativa. Apuntamos que los esquemas cognitivos vinculados a valores posmaterialistas y al nivel …
The Private Is Political: Partisan Persuasion through Mobile Instant Messaging Services
The use of mobile instant messaging services (MIMS) for the dissemination of electoral information has been increasing in recent years. Drawing on a novel dataset from a 2015 post-electoral survey in Spain, we focus on individuals’ digital political behavior, both public and private. Our results show that, in a context of high electoral volatility and polarization, right-wing supporters are willing to engage in political persuasion activities usi…
Resolving the small-pockets problem helps clarify the role of education and political ideology in shaping vaccine scepticism
Understanding the factors associated with vaccine scepticism is challenging because of the 'small-pockets' problem: The number of highly vaccine-sceptical people is low, and small subsamples such as these can be missed using traditional regression approaches. To overcome this problem, the current study (N = 5,200) used latent profile analysis to uncover six profiles, including two micro-communities of vaccine-sceptical people who have the potenti…
New intermediations of the electoral information flows: Changes in the Digital Public Sphere in election campaigns in Spain (2008-15)
In this article, we analyse the evolution of electoral information flows in Spain in the digital environment. Three post-electoral surveys (2008, 2011 and 2015) among internet users ( N = 4,312) and a series of focus groups enable us to analyse the process of expansion of the Digital Public Sphere (DPS) in Spain. We show that, instead of disintermediation, new intermediations of the electoral information flows appear. The candidacies no longer mo…
The Spanish 15-M Movement: A consensual dissent
Since May 2011, the Spanish 15-M Movement (commonly referred as los indignados [the outraged]) has become a major player in the domestic political scenario. Public opinion data reveal that there is a cross-sectional support for the 15-M among the general population in Spain, affecting people of different ages, genders, employment situations and levels of urbanization. The data present a “movement of dissent” and confirm the crisis of the consensu…
Identidad, significado y medición de las amas de casa
Cerca de una de cada cinco mujeres mayores de edad se dedica en exclusiva al trabajo doméstico no remunerado en España. El contraste de los datos de dos metodologías distintas para la identificación y medición de esta actividad nos permite constatar la carga ideológica que acompaña al concepto "ama de casa": por un lado, los datos obtenidos por la Encuesta de Población Activa, con una metodología de identificación etic; por el otro, una encuesta …
Medición de la cristalización electoral de un movimiento de protesta: De la indignación al voto
This article examines the electoral impact of social protest movements, providing new methodological and conceptual approaches to the subject. Two fields of study, social movements and new political parties, seem to have left a sparsely treated gap between the two: the connection between the rise of social movements and the subsequent emergence of new political parties. Specifically, we are interested in investigating how the foundations of a pro…
El declive de la fe en el progreso. Posmaterialismo, ideología y religiosidad en las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia
En las sociedades contemporáneas, las representaciones sociales de la tecnociencia han devenido más complejas y poliédricas, alejándose de las concepciones meliorativas tradicionales. Nuestro trabajo profundiza en el análisis de la creciente importancia de la ambivalencia, así como en el cuestionamiento del modelo del déficit cognitivo como teoría explicativa. Apuntamos que los esquemas cognitivos vinculados a valores posmaterialistas y al nivel …
Toward a multi‐ethnic public sphere? Media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two surveys, we observed a decrease in access to media specifically aimed at audiences of minority cultures between 2010 and 2012. It is suggested that this decline is not due to a modification in media consumption habits b…
New intermediations of the electoral information flows: Changes in the Digital Public Sphere in election campaigns in Spain (2008-15)
In this article, we analyse the evolution of electoral information flows in Spain in the digital environment. Three post-electoral surveys (2008, 2011 and 2015) among internet users ( N = 4,312) and a series of focus groups enable us to analyse the process of expansion of the Digital Public Sphere (DPS) in Spain. We show that, instead of disintermediation, new intermediations of the electoral information flows appear. The candidacies no longer mo…
Streets and Institutions
The emergence of inclusive populist parties has transformed the electoral field, especially in Southern Europe. We analyse the distinct types of radical politics that have emerged and the sociopolitical context that has favoured them. We examine the characteristics of new parties, specifically Syriza and Podemos, based on three dimensions (materialist, political and symbolic). We note the development of a tension within these new types of parties…
Privacy, Values and Machines: Predicting Opposition to Artificial Intelligence
In this study we identify, for the first time, social determinants of opposition to artificial intelligence, based on the assessment of its benefits and risks. Using a national survey in Spain (n = 5200) and linear regression models, we show that common explanations regarding opposition to artificial intelligence, such as competition and relative vulnerability theories, are not confirmed or have limited explanatory power. Stronger effects are sho…
Vaccine hesitancy is strongly associated with distrust of conventional medicine, and only weakly associated with trust in alternative medicine
Scientific Appearance and Homeopathy. Determinants of Trust in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Several studies have investigated the motivations driving the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). Nevertheless, the general public view of these therapies remains relatively unexplored. Our study identifies the social factors that determine a person's trust in alternative therapies, like homeopathy or acupuncture, drawing conclusions from the results of the Spanish National Survey on the Social Perception of Science and Technolo…
Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism
Recent studies suggest that new parties display new patterns of digital mobilization. We shed light on this debate: do new party supporters engage in online political activities to a greater extent during electoral campaigns? Do they share political images or quotes on social media, participate in political forums, or exchange political messages with their friends more often than supporters of traditional parties? No. Drawing on a post-electoral …
Combined Effects of Cultural-Linguistic Proximity and Naturalization on Political Integration of First-Generation Immigrants
Although the under-participation of ethnic minorities in the electoral field is frequently observed, the nuances of their political engagement remain relatively unexplored by scholars. Particularly, little empirical analysis has attempted to identify the barriers faced by first-generation immigrants to adopt a party preference in their host country. Drawing on a unique survey data with a large sample of first-generation immigrants (N= 2,648) in a…
The Private Is Political: Partisan Persuasion through Mobile Instant Messaging Services
The use of mobile instant messaging services (MIMS) for the dissemination of electoral information has been increasing in recent years. Drawing on a novel dataset from a 2015 post-electoral survey in Spain, we focus on individuals’ digital political behavior, both public and private. Our results show that, in a context of high electoral volatility and polarization, right-wing supporters are willing to engage in political persuasion activities usi…
Functions of Collective Narratives in a Territorial Conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian Case
The various narratives of a conflict play a central role in its development. Not only are they a reflection of the collective memory of the various parties in conflict, but also a functional element in its dynamics. In the case of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, data show that each side’s main narratives are fairly stable over time, and they possess significant magnitudes – over two thirds of their publics, in both cases. This article analyses …
Resolving the small-pockets problem helps clarify the role of education and political ideology in shaping vaccine scepticism
Understanding the factors associated with vaccine scepticism is challenging because of the 'small-pockets' problem: The number of highly vaccine-sceptical people is low, and small subsamples such as these can be missed using traditional regression approaches. To overcome this problem, the current study (N = 5,200) used latent profile analysis to uncover six profiles, including two micro-communities of vaccine-sceptical people who have the potenti…
Postcolonial Bonds? Latin American Origins, Discrimination, and Sense of Belonging to Spain
The present study examines the costs of discrimination and cultural-linguistic differences for the development of migrants' sense of belonging to the receiving society. Focusing on Latin Americans in Spain allows shedding light on the cultural and linguistic mechanisms involved in this process. Migration scholars have long recognized the importance of belonging as a key indicator of integration. An analysis of belonging has clear relevance to set…
Determinants of self-reported adherence to Covid-19 regulations in Spain: Social norms, trust and risk perception
Failure of individuals to voluntarily observe regulations and recommendations around mitigating COVID-19 (e.g. social distancing; frequent handwashing) is often cited as a reason why some countries struggled to curtail the spread of the virus. Understanding the factors that are associated with people’s willingness to comply with COVID-19 regulations and recommendations is an important step in helping policy makers and health officials reduce the …
Nationalism, patriotism, or national reference? A response to Jacopo Custodi
Jacop Custodi elaborated recently a response to our article “A nationalist party with non‐nationalistic voters? Discussing the limits of nationalism in party categorisation” published in the journal Nations & Nationalism. We consider the work of Custodi is an important and original contribution to the study of left politics and nationalism. This being said, we reflect on the negative consequences of overstretching the category nationalism, both r…
Testing Public Reactions to Mass-Protest Hybrid Media Events
The configuration of protests as hybrid media events not only enables them to reach wider audiences but also favors the transformation of those audiences into active publics. In this increasingly common scenario, our study proposes a set of indicators to scrutinize how the public reacts during such hybrid media events, and to test such reactions in light of the mass protests that took place in Spain to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD…
A nationalist party with non‐nationalistic voters? Discussing the limits of nationalism in party categorisation
Are populism and nationalism two inseparable dimensions? The controversial argument is that both exclusionary and inclusionary populism draw on nationalist representations and traditions to construct their political discourse. In the case of Podemos, several scholars have argued that this party presents a nationalistic character based on its invocation of the ‘patria’ and a demarcated, imagined political community. This article relies on an origi…
Analysis of the tendency to select the "neither nor" option in agreement/disagreement scales on a low - salience topic: The contribution of individual differences
This paper examines the frequency of midpoint responses in agree/disagree scales in a survey measuring attitudes toward science and scientific policy, a low-salience and difficult topic. It also examines the contribution of individual differences to explain the tendency to select this option. It is assumed that the use of the midpoint "Neither agree nor disagree" (NA/ND) in Agree/Disagree (A/D) scales is to some extent an indication of satisficin…
Are we looking at crises through polarized lenses? Predicting public assessments of the official early responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in eight countries
Understanding public appraisal of the governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has extensive implications for the political management of crises that require a substantial amount of civil collaboration. Using open data from a comparative online survey in eight countries (Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States), we have run mixed multilevel fixed-effects models for the pooled data and lin…
La nueva frontera de la desigualdad digital: La Brecha Participativa
En este trabajo estudiamos la relación entre participación digital ybrecha participativa. Mientras que la participación digital hacereferencia al uso de Internet por parte de los ciudadanos para producirbienes culturales que son posteriormente compartidos a escala global-,la brecha participativa se define como el conjunto de desigualdadesque genera una distribución irregular de estos usos creativos deInternet. Se examina la brecha participativa d…
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