Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination
This paper is interdisciplinary and combines the research perspective of medical studies with that of media and social communication studies and theological studies. The main goal of this article is to determine [from arguments on all sides of the issue] whether, and to what extent, statements issue...
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| author | Arkadiusz Gaweł Marzena Mańdziuk Marek Żmudziński Małgorzata Gosek Marlena Krawczyk-Suszek Mariusz Pisarski Andrzej Adamski Weronika Cyganik |
| author_facet | Arkadiusz Gaweł Marzena Mańdziuk Marek Żmudziński Małgorzata Gosek Marlena Krawczyk-Suszek Mariusz Pisarski Andrzej Adamski Weronika Cyganik |
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| description | This paper is interdisciplinary and combines the research perspective of medical studies with that of media and social communication studies and theological studies. The main goal of this article is to determine [from arguments on all sides of the issue] whether, and to what extent, statements issued by a religious authority can be used as an argument in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The authors also want to find answers to the questions of how the pope’s comments affect public opinion when they concern the sphere of secular and everyday life, including issues related to health care. The main method used in this study is desktop research and the analysis of the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on vaccination and on the types and significance of the pope’s statements on various topics. The auxiliary methods are sentiment analysis and network analysis made in the open source software Gephi. The authors are strongly interested in the communication and media aspect of the analyzed situation. Pope Francis’ voice on the COVID-19 vaccination has certainly been noticed and registered worldwide, but the effectiveness of his message and direct impact on Catholics’ decisions to accept or refuse the COVID-19 vaccination is quite questionable and would require further precise research. Comparing this to the regularities known from political marketing, one would think that the pope’s statement would not convince the firm opponents of vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-922b799bf0b4476ca627047a2e88af352023-11-23T10:55:02ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-12-01912148710.3390/vaccines9121487Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 VaccinationArkadiusz Gaweł0Marzena Mańdziuk1Marek Żmudziński2Małgorzata Gosek3Marlena Krawczyk-Suszek4Mariusz Pisarski5Andrzej Adamski6Weronika Cyganik7College of Applied Informatics, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 2 Sucharskiego Str., 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandMedical College, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 2 Sucharskiego Str., 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandFaculty of Theology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandInstitute for Education Analysis, College of Media and Social Communication, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 2 Sucharskiego Str., 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandMedical College, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 2 Sucharskiego Str., 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandCollege of Media and Social Communication, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, ul. Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandCollege of Media and Social Communication, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, ul. Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandMedical College, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 2 Sucharskiego Str., 35-225 Rzeszow, PolandThis paper is interdisciplinary and combines the research perspective of medical studies with that of media and social communication studies and theological studies. The main goal of this article is to determine [from arguments on all sides of the issue] whether, and to what extent, statements issued by a religious authority can be used as an argument in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The authors also want to find answers to the questions of how the pope’s comments affect public opinion when they concern the sphere of secular and everyday life, including issues related to health care. The main method used in this study is desktop research and the analysis of the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on vaccination and on the types and significance of the pope’s statements on various topics. The auxiliary methods are sentiment analysis and network analysis made in the open source software Gephi. The authors are strongly interested in the communication and media aspect of the analyzed situation. Pope Francis’ voice on the COVID-19 vaccination has certainly been noticed and registered worldwide, but the effectiveness of his message and direct impact on Catholics’ decisions to accept or refuse the COVID-19 vaccination is quite questionable and would require further precise research. Comparing this to the regularities known from political marketing, one would think that the pope’s statement would not convince the firm opponents of vaccination.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/12/1487pope francisCOVID-19SARS-CoV2vaccinesTwittersentiment analysis |
| spellingShingle | Arkadiusz Gaweł Marzena Mańdziuk Marek Żmudziński Małgorzata Gosek Marlena Krawczyk-Suszek Mariusz Pisarski Andrzej Adamski Weronika Cyganik Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination Vaccines pope francis COVID-19 SARS-CoV2 vaccines sentiment analysis |
| title | Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination |
| title_full | Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination |
| title_short | Effects of Pope Francis’ Religious Authority and Media Coverage on Twitter User’s Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination |
| title_sort | effects of pope francis religious authority and media coverage on twitter user s attitudes toward covid 19 vaccination |
| topic | pope francis COVID-19 SARS-CoV2 vaccines sentiment analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/12/1487 |
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