Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

June 22, 2020

Lay Perspectives on Social Distancing and Other Official Recommendations and Regulations in the Time of COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Social Media Posts

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  • A qualitative study using data from Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube comments revealed that people ignore COVID-19-related orders and recommendations of authorities due to many reasons, including information pollution on social media, the persistence of uncertainty about the rapidly spreading virus, the impact of the social environment, and fear of unemployment associated with inequality in the distribution of income. 

Ölcer et al. (Dec 19, 2020). Lay Perspectives on Social Distancing and Other Official Recommendations and Regulations in the Time of COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Social Media Posts. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09079-5