Uncovering the Reasons Behind COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Serbia: Sentiment-Based Topic Modeling.

BACKGROUND: Since the first COVID-19 vaccine appeared, there has been a growing tendency to automatically determine public attitudes toward it. In particular, it was important to find the reasons for …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Ljajić, A., Prodanović, N., Medvecki, D., Bašaragin, B., & Mitrović, J. (2022). Uncovering the Reasons Behind COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Serbia: Sentiment-Based Topic Modeling.. J Med Internet Res, 24(11), e42261. https://doi.org/10.2196/42261

A Social Cognitive Theory Approach to Understanding Parental Attitudes and Intentions to Vaccinate Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine represents a path towards global health after a worldwide pandemic. Yet, the U.S. response to the vaccination rollout has been politically polarized. The aim o…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Zhu, Y., Beam, M., Ming, Y., Egbert, N., & Smith, T. C. (2022). A Social Cognitive Theory Approach to Understanding Parental Attitudes and Intentions to Vaccinate Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Vaccines (Basel), 10(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111876

Opinion amplification causes extreme polarization in social networks.

Extreme polarization of opinions fuels many of the problems facing our societies today, from issues on human rights to the environment. Social media provides the vehicle for these opinions and enables…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Lim, S. L., & Bentley, P. J. (2022). Opinion amplification causes extreme polarization in social networks.. Sci Rep, 12(1), 18131. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22856-z

Sentiment and Emotional Analysis of Risk Perception in the Herculaneum Archaeological Park during COVID-19 Pandemic.

This paper proposes a methodology for sentiment analysis with emphasis on the emotional aspects of people visiting the Herculaneum Archaeological Park in Italy during the period of the COVID-19 pandem…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Garzia, F., Borghini, F., Bruni, A., Lombardi, M., Minò, L., Ramalingam, S., & Tricarico, G. (2022). Sentiment and Emotional Analysis of Risk Perception in the Herculaneum Archaeological Park during COVID-19 Pandemic.. Sensors (Basel), 22(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/s22218138

Understanding factual belief polarization: the role of trust, political sophistication, and affective polarization.

Political opponents are often divided not only in their attitudes (i.e., ideological polarization) and their feelings toward each other (i.e., affective polarization), but also in their factual percep…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Rekker, R., & Harteveld, E. (2022). Understanding factual belief polarization: the role of trust, political sophistication, and affective polarization.. Acta Polit, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-022-00265-4

How digital media drive affective polarization through partisan sorting.

Politics has in recent decades entered an era of intense polarization. Explanations have implicated digital media, with the so-called echo chamber remaining a dominant causal hypothesis despite growin…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Törnberg, P. (2022). How digital media drive affective polarization through partisan sorting.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 119(42), e2207159119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2207159119

Relationships between Spirituality, Religious Fundamentalism and Environmentalism: The Mediating Role of Right-Wing Authoritarianism.

According to past research, religious attitudes can strongly influence individuals' beliefs and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between spirituality (the Scale of …

Echelles attitudes politiques
Skalski, S. B., Loichen, T., Toussaint, L. L., Uram, P., Kwiatkowska, A., & Surzykiewicz, J. (2022). Relationships between Spirituality, Religious Fundamentalism and Environmentalism: The Mediating Role of Right-Wing Authoritarianism.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013242

Correlations Among High School Students' Beliefs about Conspiracy, Authoritarianism, and Scientific Literacy.

Studies consistently show the social impact of spreading epistemologically unfounded beliefs (or 'conspiracy beliefs'), including negative effects on public health. The present study identified correl…

Echelles attitudes politiques
Synak, N., Šabíková, N., & Masaryk, R. (2022). Correlations Among High School Students' Beliefs about Conspiracy, Authoritarianism, and Scientific Literacy.. Sci Educ (Dordr), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-022-00380-w

Exploring the Factors Associated with Mental Health Attitude in China: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach.

Mental health attitude has huge impacts on the improvement of mental health. In response to the ongoing damage the COVID-19 pandemic caused to the mental health of the Chinese people, this study aims …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Yin, R., Tian, R., Wu, J., & Gan, F. (2022). Exploring the Factors Associated with Mental Health Attitude in China: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912579

Truth-default theory and the psychology of lying and deception detection.

Truth-default theory offers an account of human deceptive communication where people are honest unless they have a motive to deceive and people passively believe others unless suspicion and doubt are …

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Levine, T. R. (2022). Truth-default theory and the psychology of lying and deception detection.. Curr Opin Psychol, 47, 101380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101380

Opinion Polarization in Human Communities Can Emerge as a Natural Consequence of Beliefs Being Interrelated.

The emergence of opinion polarization within human communities-the phenomenon that individuals within a society tend to develop conflicting attitudes related to the greatest diversity of topics-has be…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Zafeiris, A. (2022). Opinion Polarization in Human Communities Can Emerge as a Natural Consequence of Beliefs Being Interrelated.. Entropy (Basel), 24(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/e24091320

Fake news in the age of COVID-19: evolutional and psychobiological considerations.

The COVID-19 outbreak has been accompanied by a massive infodemic: an overabundance of information, some accurate and some not. At this pandemic we have seen a large scale of fake news and misinformat…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Giotakos, O. (2022). Fake news in the age of COVID-19: evolutional and psychobiological considerations.. Psychiatriki, 33(3), 183-186. https://doi.org/10.22365/jpsych.2022.087