Information Channels and Narratives: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate, That is the Question

IF 0.1 Q4 CULTURAL STUDIES Altre Modernita-Rivista di Studi Letterari e Culturali Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI:10.54103/2035-7680/19127

Roxanne H. Padley

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The discourses surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination are extensive and have been prolific over the last eighteen months. There has been particular debate among groups of vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals discussing health benefits and a sense of civic duty in order to protect oneself and those around us as well as considering the extent to which a state really can oblige citizens to uptake the vaccine through a vaccination mandate. This study investigated the discourses regarding choosing to undergo the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or otherwise and how these discourses are framed within the global and Italian contexts. The role of information channels, including the media, was also investigated along with the power balances revealed among the vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals’ discourses. An online ethnographic poll was designed and distributed through online channels and follow up focus groups using semi-structured interviews were recorded for transcription and linguistic analysis. Results show some interesting linguistic findings regarding potential discrimination due to the vaccination pass mandate along with the narratives that surround these.

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信息渠道与叙事:接种还是不接种，这是一个问题

围绕COVID-19疫苗接种的讨论非常广泛，在过去18个月里一直很多产。在接种疫苗和未接种疫苗的人群中，有一场特别的辩论，讨论了健康益处和公民责任意识，以保护自己和我们周围的人，以及考虑到一个国家在多大程度上可以通过疫苗接种命令强制公民接种疫苗。本研究调查了关于选择接受SARS-CoV-2疫苗接种或其他方式的话语，以及这些话语是如何在全球和意大利背景下形成的。还调查了包括媒体在内的信息渠道的作用，以及接种疫苗和未接种疫苗的个人话语中揭示的权力平衡。设计了一项在线人种学调查，并通过在线渠道分发，并记录了使用半结构化访谈的随访焦点小组，以进行转录和语言分析。结果显示了一些有趣的语言发现，涉及由于疫苗接种通过任务以及围绕这些任务的叙述而产生的潜在歧视。

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