Vaccine hesitancy, parental concerns, and Covid-19 in a digital leisure context

Implications for out-of-school time

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10137670
AutoresKatie M Thurson (0000-0003-3448-8107, Clemson University, autor correspondente), Ryan J Gagnon (0000-0002-0338-6370, Clemson University), Barry A Garst (0000-0002-4706-3477, Clemson University), Iryna Sharaievska (0000-0002-4539-3085, Clemson University)
Ano2023
Volume54
Fascículo2
Páginas286-307
Data de publicação2023-02-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00222216.2023.2174058
OpenAlexW4321443871
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas69

Due to the increasing prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy or refusal, it is important to understand parental motives for vaccine hesitancy. This study examines social media conversations and commentaries regarding concerns about parenting, vaccine hesitancy, and the COVID-19 pandemic within an in-person leisure and recreation context: out-of-school time (OST) programs. A generative, probabilistic Bayesian machine learning model was used to analyze 31,925 tweets and group them into seven categories: Government, Feelings, School, Public Health, Christmas, Risk and Safety, and Families. As a result, recommendations for research and practice are discussed in connection to both OST programs and digital leisure, including a diverse range of vaccine hesitancy motivations related to children and parents, communication management strategies for OST professionals, and the impact of the politization of leisure in a digital leisure context

Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Geography · Government (linguistics · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Recreation · Social media · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology