Herbert C. Covey
Understanding American COVID-19 Pandemic Beliefs, Behaviors, Politics, and Society
Understanding American COVID-19 Pandemic Beliefs, Behaviors, Politics, and Society
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Herbert C. Covey's book Understanding American COVID-19 Pandemic Beliefs, Behaviors, Politics, and Society explores how the pandemic has impacted American society, influenced by social and political contexts, unpredictability of the virus, erosion of trust, degradation of news, loss of critical thinking skills, denialism, truth decay, high emotions, racism, and politicization. It includes data from national surveys and shows how these beliefs have led to protests, conspiracies, and social movements regarding pandemic responses.
Format: Hardback
Length: 274 pages
Publication date: 30 October 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books
Herbert C. Covey's book Understanding American COVID-19 Pandemic Beliefs, Behaviors, Politics, and Society explores how the pandemic has affected American society. He suggests that the social and political contexts leading up to and during the pandemic shaped diverse and sometimes conflicting attitudes and behaviors. Some Americans perceived COVID-19 as a severe threat, while others downplayed its significance. Covey notes that these perspectives emerged in isolation but were influenced by various political, historical, cultural, psychological, and social factors. He contends that Americans' social perceptions of the pandemic were influenced by the virus's unpredictability, erosion of trust in science and institutions, biased news coverage, loss of critical thinking skills, denialism, truth decay, high emotions, racism, and unprecedented politicization of the pandemic. Additionally, the susceptibility of some Americans to COVID-19 rumors, myths, misinformation, and conspiracies led to poor health decisions, resulting in more severe cases of COVID-19 or even death. The book includes data from numerous national surveys to document American beliefs and behaviors related to the pandemic. Finally, the author demonstrates how these beliefs have fueled protests, conspiracies, and social movements regarding pandemic responses.
Weight: 553g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666954296
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