Communication and Media Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Department of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt, Universitätsstr. 65-67, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria.
J Behav Med. 2023 Apr;46(1-2):229-238. doi: 10.1007/s10865-022-00333-2. Epub 2022 Jun 10.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has sadly shown, the decision against vaccination is often linked to political ideologies and populist messages among specific segments of the population: People do not only have concerns about a potential health risk associated with vaccination but seem to have also adopted more populist attitudes towards science. In this study, the relationship between science-related populism and individuals' attitudes towards vaccination was examined, presuming that scientific-related populism also influences individual responses towards different vaccinations. As different types of diseases and their vaccines might be perceived rather distinctively by the public, different vaccinations were considered. The survey is based on responses from 870 people from Germany and Austria. Results indicate that science-related populism influences responses towards some vaccination types, especially for those that receive extensive media coverage such as COVID-19 and measles (MMR). There was no significant impact of science-related populism on individuals' vaccination intentions for other vaccines like seasonal influenza, human papillomavirus, or tick-borne encephalitis. In conclusion, limitations and directions for future research are addressed.
正如 COVID-19 大流行所不幸表明的那样，拒绝接种疫苗的决定通常与特定人群中的政治意识形态和民粹主义信息有关：人们不仅对与接种疫苗相关的潜在健康风险表示担忧，而且似乎对科学采取了更多的民粹主义态度。在这项研究中，检查了与科学相关的民粹主义与个人对疫苗接种的态度之间的关系，假设与科学相关的民粹主义也会影响个人对不同疫苗的反应。由于公众对不同类型的疾病及其疫苗的看法可能有很大的不同，因此考虑了不同的疫苗。该调查基于来自德国和奥地利的 870 人的回应。结果表明，与科学相关的民粹主义会影响人们对某些类型疫苗的反应，尤其是对 COVID-19 和麻疹（MMR）等受到广泛媒体关注的疫苗。与科学相关的民粹主义对季节性流感、人乳头瘤病毒或蜱传脑炎等其他疫苗的个人接种意愿没有显著影响。总之，讨论了研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。
