scholarly journals Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories about the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania? An Analysis of Conspiracy Theories Believers’ Profiles

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Raluca Buturoiu ◽  
Georgiana Udrea ◽  
Denisa-Adriana Oprea ◽  
Nicoleta Corbu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
News Media ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
The Media ◽  
Thinking Disposition

The current COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by the circulation of an unprecedented amount of “polluted” information, especially in the social media environment, among which are false narratives and conspiracy theories about both the pandemic and vaccination against COVID-19. The effects of such questionable information primarily concern the lack of compliance with restrictive measures and a negative attitude towards vaccination campaigns, as well as more complex social effects, such as street protests or distrust in governments and authorities in general. Even though there is a lot of scholarly attention given to these narratives in many countries, research about the profile of people who are more prone to believe or spread them is rather scarce. In this context, we investigate the role of age, compared with other socio-demographic factors (such as education and religiosity), as well as the role of the media (the frequency of news consumption, the perceived usefulness of social media, and the perceived incidence of fake information about the virus in the media) and the critical thinking disposition of people who tend to believe such misleading narratives. To address these issues, we conducted a national survey (N = 945) in April 2021 in Romania. Using a hierarchical OLS regression model, we found that people who perceive higher incidence of fake news (ß = 0.33, p < 0.001), find social media platforms more useful (ß = 0.13, p < 0.001), have lower education (ß = −0.17, p < 0.001), and have higher levels of religiosity (ß = 0.08, p < 0.05) are more prone to believe COVID-19-related misleading narratives. At the same time, the frequency of news consumption (regardless of the type of media), critical thinking disposition, and age do not play a significant role in the profile of the believer in conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Somewhat surprisingly, age does not play a role in predicting belief in conspiracy theories, even though there are studies that suggest that older people are more prone to believe conspiracy narratives. As far as media is concerned, the frequency of news media consumption does not significantly differ for believers and non-believers. We discuss these results within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Critical thinking Disposition and Dyadic Adjustment: The Moderator Role of Employment Status of Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Melis Seray ÖZDEN ◽  
Ece Naz Ermis
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Moderator Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Status Of Women

Dyadic adjustment can be handled as a state in which there is an overall feeling of happiness and satisfaction with marriage. Women have become so much more active in work life over the past years that the changes in the roles of women also affect the communication with their husbands and as a result their dyadic adjustment. On this basis, the aim of this study is to determine the moderator role of employment status of women in the relationship between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment of married people. The research group was composed of 242 spouses. The data were collected with Demographical Information Form, Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The results showed that there was a correlation between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment. According to the hierarchical regression analysis, there was no moderator role of employment status of women in the relationship between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment. Keywords: resilience; autonomous-related self; critical thinking;

Mediating role of critical thinking disposition in the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and evidence-based practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Ae Kim ◽  
Youngshin Song ◽  
Hee-Sook Sim ◽  
Eun-Kyong Ahn ◽  
Jung-Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Role of Graduate Students’ Achievement Goals in Their Critical Thinking Disposition

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 2426-2430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzieh Dehghani ◽  
Fatemeh Mirdoraghi ◽  
Hamideh Pakmehr
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Thinking Disposition

The Mourning After

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 552-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Hjorth ◽  
Kyoung-hwa Yonnie Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
News Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Practices

In news media of late, much has been touted about the agency of social and mobile media in the events of political uprising or at times of natural disasters and crisis management. While these events did not become events because of social media, the media did affect how we experienced the situation. This leads us to ask, Just how helpful are social mobile media in maintaining relationships in times of crisis management, and how, if at all, do they depart from previous media and methods? Drawing from case studies conducted with participants living in Tokyo at the time of the horrific events surrounding Japan’s earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011 (called 3.11), this article reflects on the role of new media in helping, if at all, people manage crisis and grief. The authors argue that while social media provide new channels for affective cultures in the form of mobile intimacy, they also extend on earlier media practices and rituals such as the postcard.

What predicts adolescents’ critical thinking about real-life news? The roles of social media news consumption and news media literacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 100570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Y.L. Ku ◽  
Qiuyi Kong ◽  
Yunya Song ◽  
Lipeng Deng ◽  
Yi Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
News Media ◽  
Real Life ◽  
News Consumption

scholarly journals Investigation of The Effect of Pre-Service Classroom Teachers’ Critical Thinking Disposition on Their Media Literacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Özkan Çelik ◽  
Halil Çokçalişkan ◽  
Alper Yorulmaz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Media ◽  
Thinking Disposition

<span lang="EN-US">It is important to develop a critical perspective in terms of interpreting the messages to be given to the individuals through media and questioning the authenticity and content of these messages. It is therefore necessary to train the individuals called media literate who can critically perceive and evaluate the information conveyed through the media to increase the positive effects of the media and to reduce their negative effects as much as possible. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effect of the pre-service teachers’ critical thinking disposition on their media literacy. The study employed the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods. In order to collect data, a personal information form, the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale, and the Media Literacy Level Determination Scale were used as the data collection tools. As a result of the study, the critical thinking disposition of the pre-service teachers was found to be medium and their media literacy was found to be high. The critical thinking disposition was found to be varying significantly depending on their gender and grade level; their media literacy was found to be varying depending on grade level but not on gender. There is a positive but low relationship between critical thinking disposition and media literacy and critical thinking is a significant predictor of media literacy.</span>

The 140 Characters AreSetting the Agenda of the Day: A Critical analysis of Role of twitter in Lalitgate

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Online Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
The Face ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Media

The face of a news room in India has been changed radically with the ever growing popularity of social media, where it sets agenda for the news organizations to follow. The #Lalitgate is a classical example, where the Ex IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi, who has gained a notorious image due to his controversies, broke news on twitter, from there it has been picked up by 24x7 news channels, subsequently online portals do a piece on it, again there is a prime time discussion on that news, followed by a morning coverage by the news papers. As a person gain ability to create sensationalism, he utilizes the ability of social media to create some dialogues, with a larger worldwide audience, which was earlier not possible due to the monologue approach of traditional media. The ability of that piece of information to get retweeted by followers allows it to trend high on twitter. As the number become astonishing some time, it automatically qualifies for the attention of the editors of media organizations and eventually sets the agenda of the day. The social media platforms; Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp etc. have become the essential tool of news gathering of a modern news room. Twitter with its 302 million followers worldwide, eventually became a credible online source of news gathering as the tweets are usually came through a first person, citing his/her views or, opinion on a subject matter. This research paper aims to critically analyze the role of twitter as an agenda setting tool in #Lalitgate, where, the cricket administrator turned whistleblower, Lalit Modi, used twitter effectively for his revelations, and he not only trolled successfully on twitter but news media as well. The scope of this paper is limited to the media coverage by English medium news channels and papers only.

Critical Thinking Disposition and Scientific Creativity: The Mediating Role of Creative Self‐Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruichao Qiang ◽  
Qin Han ◽  
Yongyu Guo ◽  
Jie Bai ◽  
Maciej Karwowski
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Creative Self
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