A Moral Panic in Reverse? Implicatory Denial and COVID-19 Pre-Crisis Risk Communication in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean P Hier
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Real World ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dialectical Relationship

Background: This article reverses the conventional logic of moral panics. COVID-19 precrisisrisk communication is conceptualized as a form of implicatory denial that underreactedto COVID-19 in the three months leading up to the acute phase of the crisis. Analysis: Connections are established among denial theory; infectious disease crisis communication; and the social, economic, and political implications of underreacting to real world threats over three phases of pre-crisis risk communication. Conclusions and implications: Linking the analysis to the broader literature on the socialorganization of denial highlights the dialectical relationship between the rhetoric of panic and conditions of implicatory denial.Contexte :  Cet article renverse la logique conventionnelle sous-tendant les paniques morales. Il conceptualise la communication du risque qui a eu lieu avant la crise du COVID-19 comme une forme de déni implicite où l’on a réagi mollement contre la pandémie pendant les trois mois précédant le stade le plus intense de la crise. Analyse : Cet article établit, sur trois étapes de la communication du risque précédant la crise, des liens entre les théories sur le déni, la communication de crise pour les maladies infectieuses, et les implications sociales, économiques et politiques de la réaction molle envers une véritable menace. Conclusions et implications : En combinant cette analyse avec la littérature sur l’organisationsociale du déni, cet article met en relief la relation dialectique entre la rhétorique sur la panique et les conditions du déni implicite.

Materials for SDI

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Gerold Yonas
Keyword(s):  
Technology Policy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Business News ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Strategic Defense ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Wide Dissemination

Al the plenary session held December 4, 1985 during the annual MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Dr. Gerold Yonas was the keynote speaker. He was introduced to the packed ballroom by 1985 MRS President Elton N. Kauftnann.Kaufmann: To introduce our plenary address this evening, I would like to make a few remarks on the context in which it is being presented. Iam sure you are all aware that materials research, as most fields of science, is a field where it is rare indeed that one can cleanly separate the technical aspects of a program from the social, economic, and political aspects. This evening's topic is certainly no exception. It involves the U.S. government's Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI for short. It has broad technical and political implications and has raised highly contentious issues of both technical feasibility and political appropriateness. It is in every source of news available today. This evening we want to focus on those technical aspects of SDI which involve materials and which should therefore be of interest to this audience.Recently, in Space Business News, John McTague, Acting Director of OSTP (Office of Science and Technology Policy), indicated that “the technology of Swords and the technology of Plowshares have much in common.” Of course the degree of commonality between the Swords and the Plowshares becomes greateras one goes to more fundamental research. In the same article Gerold Yonas indicated that “several aspects of SDI are likely to have enormous implications in the private sector with spinoffs directed into every part of the economy.” In addition to the technical materials aspect of the program those larger issues will certainly impact our lives. In that spirit we want to make this presentation so you can evaluate the program with a maximum amount of information. Of course, because this is a publicly controversial issue, I need to stress that the Society is not endorsing one particular view or another. But, we are strongly advocating the wide dissemination of information on a topic such as this.

scholarly journals What is social economic planning?

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Al Campbell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Real World ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Work First ◽  
Conscious Control

The attempts to build post-capitalist societies in the twentieth century all used variations of the material-balances economic planning procedures developed first in the USSR. Most advocates of transcending capitalism came to accept the idea that the desired new society could operate only with some variation of such an economic planning tool. One part of the current thorough reconsideration of how to build a human-centered post-capitalist society is reconsidering how it should carry out, in a way consistent with its goals, the social economic planning that all systems of production require. This brief work first addresses a number of misconceptions and myths connected with the identification of planning for socialism with the material-balances planning system. After that, and connected to real-world experiments now going on in a few countries in the world, the work considers if the required social economic planning could occur through conscious control of markets, for countries attempting to build a socialism that uses markets for both the necessary articulation of all the steps in its many production chains and for the distribution of consumer goods.

The Effects of the Westward Movement on California's Growth and Development, 1900–1920

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Frank L. Beach
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
United States Population ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
Westward Movement ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Internal migration is a growing social phenomenon of today's America: a third of the United States population live in a different state from the one in which they have been born. This, however, has been a constant aspect of the American experience. The author of the present essay analyzes in an historical perspective the growth of California from 1900–1920 under the impact of the westward movement. The social, economic and political implications of the California development are the main features of this paper.

scholarly journals Possibilities of hyperlink application in spatial research

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Janc
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Social ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
Geographical Space ◽  
Lower Silesia

Possibilities of hyperlink application in spatial researchThe main aim of the paper is to show the selected ways of analysing, the possible interpretations and expectations concerning the analyses of hyperlinks in spatial research. The connections existing in cyberspace for selected self-government websites of Lower Silesia were shown to illustrate the issue. The analyses were conducted for selected websites of self-government units at all levels functioning in Lower Silesia. The paper presents two approaches to the analysis of hyperlinks: analysis of outlinks and inlinks. The presented results allow us to identify some regularities regarding the functioning of connections in cyberspace versus the connections in the real world. From the perspective of self-government websites it can be concluded that the connections in cyberspace reflect the real connections. In the majority of the analysed cases there is a clear connection with the actual scope of activity. The remaining relationships with administrative cities reflect the significance of these cities for the functioning of self-government units in the social, economic, legal, and administrative conditions. Based on the conducted analyses it can be concluded that the study of hyperlinks may be useful in understanding the relationships between geographical space and cyberspace. They may form a new, interesting field of spatial research. We also found some challenges in the study of hyperlinks' spatial aspects: the identification of consistent criteria for determining the websites' ‘location in space’, the possibility of interpreting the research results and the dynamics of the Internet.

Psychosocial Response Protocol for Pandemic Management 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupama S
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Psychosocial Impact ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Response Models ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Standard Guideline ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

Abstract Covid-19 is re-defining life globally. Human beings are trying to address the social, economic and political implications of the pandemic through various policy initiatives. But, the psychosocial impact of the pandemic remains implicit and hence unaddressed. The pandemic has upended the psychosocial equilibrium of society. It is crucial to restore this lost equilibrium through effective psychosocial management of the pandemic. This study tries to establish the need for such an approach and suggest ways for accomplishing the same. In the first part, an attempt is made to review the psychosocial impact of the pandemic. The second part undertakes a case examination of the acclaimed ‘Kerala model’. The model specific individual, community and institutional level initiatives that helped in effective pandemic management are analysed. Such case specific explorations can help to develop Psychosocial Response models. This can serve as a standard guideline for dealing with future emergencies and help mainstream psychosocial wellbeing. Such models can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of community to manage future emergencies.

Risk Communication and Crisis Communication in Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Germany: What Is Being Done, and What Needs to be Done

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Dickmann ◽  
Nadine Biedenkopf ◽  
Sam Keeping ◽  
Markus Eickmann ◽  
Stephan Becker
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
International Health ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Public Health Authorities

AbstractObjectiveRisk communication plays a central role in the management of infectious disease. The World Health Organization's 2005 International Health Regulations have highlighted the need for countries to strengthen their capacities in this area to ensure effective responses to public health emergencies. We surveyed laboratories, hospitals, and public health institutions in Germany to detail the current situation regarding risk communication and crisis management and to identify which areas require further development.MethodsA mixed methods approach was adopted. An initial questionnaire was distributed to relevant persons in laboratories and hospitals, and semistructured interviews were conducted with selected participants. Representatives from state public health authorities, federal agencies, and media also were interviewed to add additional contextual information to the questionnaire responses.ResultsBased on the responses received, the universal sense among key stakeholders was that risk communication and crisis communication measures must be improved. Collaborative working was a consistent theme, with participants suggesting that a partnering strategy could help to improve performance. This approach could be achieved through better coordination between groups, for example, through a knowledge-sharing policy.ConclusionsMore research is needed on how such collaboration might be implemented, along with a general conceptual framework for risk communication to underpin the overall strategy. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014;0:1-6)

scholarly journals CovidSIMVL – Agent-Based Modeling of Localized Transmission within a Heterogeneous Array of Locations – Motivation, Configuration and Calibration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Moselle ◽  
Ernie Chang
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Real World ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Disease Modeling ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Real World Datasets

ABSTRACTCovidSIMVL is an agent-based infectious disease modeling tool that is designed specifically to simulate localized spread of infectious disease. It is intended to support tactical decision-making around localized/staged re-institution of pre-pandemic levels and patterns of social/economic/health service delivery activity, following an initial stage of pan-societal closures of social/economic institutions and broad-based reductions in services.By design, CovidSIMVL supports the generation of dynamic models that reflect heterogeneity within and between a network of interacting localized contexts. This heterogeneity is embodied in a hierarchically organized set of rules. Primary rules reflect the pathophysiology of transmission. Secondary rules (“HazardRadius” and “Mingle Factor” in CovidSIMVL) relate transmission to proximity and movement within physically demarcated and relatively contained spaces (“Universes”). Tertiary rules (“Schedules”) relate probabilities of transmission to movement of people between a network of localized contexts (a CovidSIMVL “Multiverse”).This report focuses mainly on calibration of secondary rules. To calibrate the HazardRadius and MingleFactor parameters, growth curves were generated with CovidSIMVL by setting different configurations of values on those two proximal determinants of viral transmission. These were compared to the characteristic shapes of curves generated by equation-based compartmental models (e.g., SEIR models) that fit different real-world datasets embodying different reproduction numbers (R0).By operating with parameter values in CovidSIMVL that generate “real-world” growth curves, the tool can be used to produce plausible simulations of localized chains of transmission. These include transmission among different groups of persons (e.g., staff, patients) who are co-located within a single setting such as a long-term care facility. The Multiverse version of CovidSIMVL can be used to simulate localized cross-over transmission among arrays consisting of both unaffected and impacted contexts and associated sub-populations, via agents who interact within and across arrays of contexts such as schools, multigenerational families, recreational facilities, places of work, emergency shelters for homeless persons, or other settings in which people are in close physical proximity.

scholarly journals Three Trends Shaping the Politics of Aging in America: An Update

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Nora Super ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Current Opinion ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social

Gerontologists have long studied the social, economic, and health implications of populations, but they often do not consider the political implications. This current opinion commentary updates an article written in early 2020 that identified three converging trends that would shape U.S. politics for the next decade.

scholarly journals Media Frames of the Ontario Safe Streets Act: assessing the moral panic model

SURG Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Michael Bates
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media

This paper assesses the “moral panic” framework of Stanley Cohen with reference to panhandling and squeegeeing in Ontario. There are four general tenets of the moral panic model, three of which can be said to have been documented in the case of panhandling in Ontario: a recognized threat (panhandling), a rise in public concern, and punitive control mechanisms established to eliminate the threat. This paper argues that the fourth tenet, a stereotypical presentation of the moral threat to the social order, has not been systematically analyzed, and therefore that is the task of this paper. Specifically, this paper examines the framing used by the mainstream print media in Ontario to construct the panhandling/squeegeeing problem. Articles and letters­ to the­ editor were sampled from two mainstream Ontario newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen, to examine the mainstream media’s framing of panhandling and squeegee cleaning. This sample was taken between 1995 and 2005, a timeframe which revolves around the implementation of the Ontario Safe Streets Act 2000, which is recognized as the punitive control mechanism designed to eliminate the threat of panhandling. The findings of this paper lead to the conclusion that panhandling in Ontario during the implementation of the Ontario Safe Streets Act does not constitute a classic moral panic by virtue of the role the media played. However, the evidence that punitive control mechanisms were established absent the support of the mainstream media suggests that a deeper understanding of the role of mainstream media as well as political interests is required with respect to framing moral panics.

The Memorialisation of the Highland Clearances in Scottish Museums

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Gouriévidis
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
National Level ◽  
Traumatic Rupture ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Museums ◽  
Highland Clearances ◽  
Scottish History ◽  
Scottish Diaspora

This article focuses on the representation of the Highland Clearances – one of the most painful and controversial themes in modern Scottish history – in Scottish museum spaces. It brings to light the social, economic and political implications of the interpretation of this period through a survey of twelve independent local museums and two national museums. It argues that the Clearances have become a crucially defining landmark at a local but also national level. Yet the way the Clearances are represented in narratives differs significantly, showing the extent to which the meaning ascribed to the clearing process and its consequences is socially and historically conditioned. Whilst the symbolic and emotional resonance of the period as a traumatic rupture prevails, it has also come to articulate a political vision intrinsically linked with land reform in a devolved Scotland, and a transnational identity owing much to the imaginary of the Scottish diaspora.

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