Understanding an Ebola outbreak
Social representations of emerging infectious diseases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4229451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nahia Idoiaga-Mondragon (0000-0003-0345-8570, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain, corresponding author), Nahia Idoiaga Mondragon, Lorena Gil De Montes (0000-0002-8430-5105, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain), Jose Valencia (The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 951-960 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105315620294 |
| PMID | 26745996 |
| OpenAlex | W2338353992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 28 |
This study examined the collective image of the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, to understand how people incorporate this epidemic in their everyday thinking. A free association exercise elicited by Ebola was answered by 294 people from Spain and the content was analysed using Alceste software. First, results showed that Ebola was represented as inherently African. Second, it was also depicted as a global threat creating fear. People also felt anger, and they blamed political authorities and the mass media for the failure to manage this crisis. Finally, this research underlines the importance of the social representations to understand how current outbreaks are cognitively represented and emotionally faced as a key factor to appropriately manage future epidemics
Anger · Outbreak · Political science · Politics · Social media · Community Health and Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Law · Social Psychology · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |