scholarly journals ‘It is not worse than a flu’ – COVID-19 Scepticism and the Role of Trust and Far-Right Attitudes in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Küppers ◽  
Marion Reiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
German Region ◽  
East German ◽  
Using Data

Whereas previous social science scholarship on the COVID-19 pandemic has primarily focused on health behaviour, social distancing, or pandemic-related conspiracy beliefs, we investigate the drivers of COVID-19 scepticism. COVID-19 sceptics view the virus as harmless (i.e., not worse than a casual flu). Using data from a representative survey conducted in the East German region of Thuringia in autumn 2020, we show that far-right political attitudes and low trust in political institutions are crucial drivers of COVID-19 scepticism.

scholarly journals Foreign Aid, Political Institutions and Economic Freedom: Empirical Evidence from Selected Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-178
Author(s):  
MirajulHaq MirajulHaq ◽  
Nuzhat Shamim ◽  
Muhammad Luqman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data

This articleempirically examines the effects of foreign aid on economic freedom while consideringthe mediating role of political institutions. Wecontribute to the literature in two ways.First, weprovide an empirical analysisofhow different types of foreign aid affectthe economic freedom of the receiving country. Second, we provide evidence regarding how political institutions mediatethe foreign aid/economic freedom relationship. We useIV and GMMtechniquesto test a model using data from 40developing countries covering the time period 1985 to 2016. Our analysis yieldsthree main findings. First, democratic and politically stable countriesenjoy more economic freedom.Second, foreign aid’s net effect is to reduce economic freedom, whether weconsider official development assistance (ODA) ornet official assistance (NOA).Finally, economic freedomincreaseswithboth types of foreign aid if the receiving country’s political institutionsare moredemocraticand/ordurable.

scholarly journals Traumatic rift: How conspiracy beliefs undermine cohesion after societal trauma?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Bilewicz ◽  
Marta Witkowska ◽  
Myrto Pantazi ◽  
Theofilos Gkinopoulos ◽  
Olivier Klein
Keyword(s):  
Military Officers ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Airplane Crash ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Societal Trauma ◽  
Conspiracy Thinking

Collective traumas may often lead to deep societal divides and internal conflicts. In this article, we propose that conspiracy theories emerging in response to victimizing events may play a key role in the breakdown of social cohesion. We performed a nationally representative survey in Poland (N = 965) two years after the Smoleńsk airplane crash in which the Polish president was killed, together with 95 political officials and high-ranking military officers. The survey found that people endorsing conspiratorial accounts of the Smoleńsk catastrophe preferred to distance themselves from conspiracy non-believers, while skeptics preferred greater distance to conspiracy believers. We also examined the role of people’s belief in the uniqueness of in-group historical suffering as an important antecedent of both conspiracy thinking and hostility towards outgroups (conspiracy believers and non-believers).

scholarly journals COVID-19 CONSPIRACY BELIEFS AND CONTAINMENT-RELATED BEHAVIOUR: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL TRUST

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tijana Karić ◽  
Janko Mileta Međedović
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
The Mean

The roles of conspiracy beliefs and political trust for public health behaviour have been seldomly studied prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we tested whether conspiracy beliefs affect containment-related behaviour in relation to the COVID-19 epidemic, and whether this relationship is mediated by political trust, preference for saving economy or for saving lives. The data were collected at two time points, at the beginning of the epidemic and after the state of emergency was introduced. The sample consisted of 802 adults from Serbia (356 at time 1 and 446 at time 2), of which around 60% female, with the mean age of around 33. The results indicate that holding more conspiracy beliefs is related to less adherence to containment-related behaviour, both directly and indirectly, via decreased political trust. Preference for saving lives has a direct effect on containment-related behaviour, while preference for saving economy plays no important role in this relationship, although it has a negative zero-order association with containment-related behaviour. The findings are interpreted in the light of the importance of governmental epidemic management for containing, i.e. preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

scholarly journals Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110456
Author(s):  
Yannis Theocharis ◽  
Ana Cardenal ◽  
Soyeon Jin ◽  
Toril Aalberg ◽  
David Nicolas Hopmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Conspiracy Theory ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Technological Affordances ◽  
The Relationship

While the role of social media in the spread of conspiracy theories has received much attention, a key deficit in previous research is the lack of distinction between different types of platforms. This study places the role of social media affordances in facilitating the spread of conspiracy beliefs at the center of its enquiry. We examine the relationship between platform use and conspiracy theory beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on the concept of technological affordances, we theorize that variation across key features make some platforms more fertile places for conspiracy beliefs than others. Using data from a crossnational dataset based on a two-wave online survey conducted in 17 countries before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we show that Twitter has a negative effect on conspiracy beliefs—as opposed to all other platforms under examination which are found to have a positive effect.

INOVASI PEMBELAJARAN AKIDAH AKHLAK MENGGUNAKAN METODE ROLE PLAY DALAM MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
Ansori Ansori
Keyword(s):  
Data Reduction ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Flexible Schedule ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Real Action

The use of various methods will greatly help students in achieving learning goals. As role play method is one way mastery of learning materials through the development of imagination and appreciation of students on learning materials. Data collection techniques in this study are observation, interviews, and documentation. To analyze the data in this research using data analysis technique of Miles and Huberman model that is data reduction (Data Reduction), data presentation (Data Display) and conclusion (Conclution Drawing / verification) The findings in this research is innovation of role play method can change paradigm to the new paradigm so that the role of the teacher is more as a facilitator, counselor, consultant, and comrade study Flexible schedule, open as needed Learning directed by students themselves Problem-based, project, real world, real action, and reflection Design and investigation. Computers as tools, and dynamic media presentations.

The role of corporate investment in social responsible practices in the promotion of employees’ organizational citizenship behaviour

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Patrícia Duarte ◽  
José Gonçalves das Neves
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Organizational Survival ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Airline Company

In the current scenario of economic uncertainty, where many organizations struggle harder for reducing costs while improving their competitiveness, employees’ organizational citizenship behaviours might have an enhanced importance for organizational survival and success. A model proposing that corporate engagement in internal socially responsible practices enhances employees’ job satisfaction and consequently increases employees’ extra-role behaviours was tested. Using data obtained from a sample of employees from an airline company (n=133), the model was examined and supported. We have therefore concluded that organizations may foster employees’ extra-role behaviours by investing in corporate socially responsible practices that signal corporate concern with employees and promote job satisfaction.

Peranan Ketua Pengurus dan Manajer Dalam Penyusunan dan Penerapan Laporan Keuangan Berbasis SAK ETAP Pada Koperasi di Kota Palembang

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Riza Syahputera ◽  
Martha Rianty
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City ◽  
Positive Effect

AbstractThis study aims to determine the effect of the role of the Chairperson and Cooperative Manager in the preparation and application of Financial Statements based on SAK ETAP in cooperatives in the city of Palembang. This research is a quantitative study using data obtained from questionnaires and measured using a Likert scale. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The sample used in this study was the Chairperson of the cooperative and the manager of the cooperative in the city of Palembang. The cooperatives studied were 203 cooperatives. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression test. The results showed that the role of cooperative leaders and managers had a significant positive effect on the preparation and application of SAK ETAP-based financial statements.Keywords : chairman, manager, SAK ETAP, cooperative

Influence of Confucian culture on entrepreneurial decision making using data from China's floating population

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ran Xiong ◽  
Ping Wei
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Floating Population ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Confucian Culture ◽  
Chinese Nation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Decision ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Confucian culture has had a deep-rooted influence on Chinese thinking and behavior for more than 2,000 years. With a manually created Confucian culture database and the 2017 China floating population survey, we used empirical analysis to test the relationship between Confucian culture and individual entrepreneurial choice using data obtained from China's floating population. After using the presence and number of Confucian schools and temples, and of chaste women as instrumental variables to counteract problems of endogeneity, we found that Confucian culture had a significant role in promoting individuals' entrepreneurial decision making among China's floating population. The results showed that, compared with those from areas of China not strongly influenced by Confucian culture, individuals from areas that are strongly influenced by Confucian culture were more likely to choose entrepreneurship as their occupation choice. Our findings reveal cultural factors that affect individual entrepreneurial behavior, and also illustrate the positive role of Confucianism as a representative of the typical cultures of the Chinese nation in the 21st century.

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