Risk society online
Zika virus, social media and distrust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Laurent‐simpson (0000-0002-7261-9860, Department of Sociology Southern Methodist University Dallas USA, corresponding author), Celia C Lo (0000-0002-5785-6622, Department of Sociology Texas Woman's University Denton USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1270-1288 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12924 |
| PMID | 31025389 |
| OpenAlex | W2941693536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 48 |
While social construction of illness research has examined the redefinition of medically defined illness as non-illness by laypersons, nothing has considered this process alongside emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Using Gidden's notion of modern risk society and distrust in expert authority, this paper examines how social media posts construct Zika virus as nonhazardous while displaying a distrust in research and prevention. Using qualitative content analysis, we examine 801 posts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Facebook page to highlight the interplay between risk, the social construction of Zika and trust in experts. Three themes are discussed, including Zika: (i) as legitimate public health threat; (ii) as product of CDC corruption and (iii) used to question medical expertise. We find the latter two themes supportive of Gidden's focus on risk and distrust in expert authority and discuss the danger of constructing EIDs as products of corrupt expert authority on public health social media platforms
Construct (python library · Criminology · Distrust · Language change · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Zika virus · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Virology · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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Covid-19 and Masking Disparities
Ethical considerations and methodological uses of Facebook data in public health research
Non-knowledge in Medical Practices
Medicalization in Global Context
Our issue or their issue? Media coverage and framing of the Zika virus epidemic
Behavioral brittleness
Cultural Boundaries of Science
Changing Medical Organization and the Erosion of Trust
Communicating about emerging infectious disease
Public apprehension of emerging infectious diseases
Science knowledge and attitudes across cultures
Disease and illness Distinctions between professional and popular ideas of sickness
Why the French did not choose to panic
The Social Construction of What
Naming and Framing
Ulrich Beck, `Risk Society' and the Media
Risk society
The social construction of reality
Global Bird Flu Communication
Hot Crises and Media Reassurance
We Are Here to Give You Emotional Support
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Representations of far-flung illnesses
Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere
Recognizing medicalization and demedicalization
Illness and the Internet
Culture, Bodies and the Sociology of Health
The Social Construction of Illness
Electronic Support Groups, Patient-Consumers, and Medicalization
Medicalization and Social Control
We Became Sceptics
Public health intelligence and the detection of potential pandemics
West Nile virus
How did international agencies perceive the avian influenza problem? The adoption and manufacture of the 'One World, One Health' framework
Attention to the media and worry over becoming infected
Avian flu
Introduction
The making of public health emergencies
How SES May Figure in Perceptions of Zika Risks and in Preventive Action
Illnesses you have to fight to get
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |