Mayer Adam, Ryder Stacia
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Socius. 2023 Jul 27;9:23780231231177154. doi: 10.1177/23780231231177154. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
Governments around the world struggled to formulate an effective response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which was hampered by the widespread diffusion of various conspiracy theories about the virus. Local governments are often responsible for the implementing mitigation measures such as mask mandates and curfews but have received very limited attention in the scholarly literature. In this article, the authors use data from local policy actors in Colorado to evaluate the relationship between conspiratorial beliefs and perceptions of mitigation policy effectiveness. The authors find that many local policy actors hold conspiratorial beliefs, which combine with partisanship to contribute to lower perceptions of policy effectiveness. The authors conclude by discussing future research directions, noting that the broad adoption of conspiracy theories likely changes enforcement at the local scale.
世界各国政府都在努力制定有效的应对措施来应对2019年冠状病毒病疫情，而这一努力受到了各种关于该病毒的阴谋论广泛传播的阻碍。地方政府通常负责实施诸如强制戴口罩和宵禁等缓解措施，但在学术文献中受到的关注非常有限。在本文中，作者使用来自科罗拉多州地方政策行为体的数据来评估阴谋论信念与对缓解政策有效性的认知之间的关系。作者发现，许多地方政策行为体持有阴谋论信念，这些信念与党派偏见相结合，导致对政策有效性的认知较低。作者在讨论未来研究方向时得出结论，指出阴谋论的广泛传播可能会改变地方层面的执法情况。
