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  • To be or not to be --- vaccinated? [Elektronski vir] : the views of those opposed to COVID-19 vaccination in Slovenia
    Mandič, Srna
    The aim of this paper is to shed light on the views of individuals who are hesitant to take a COVID-19 vaccine, however accounting for the specifics of the Slovenian environment. It has been ... characterised by an antagonistic political situation, strong hierarchical top-down communication, disagreements with the leading epidemiologists and especially by the ever-changing prohibitive measures. Compared to EU, the country reached a very low level of trust in government and very low vaccination rate. To analyse interviews the interaction framing approach was used allowing us to detect a wide scope of issues of concern and reasons for distrust in vaccination which has not yet been publicly exposed. Another benefit of the approach is to detect the presence of various types of frames, revealing also the cognitive and discoursive potential for convergence or alternatively for further polarisation. Our results revealed how very polarised and emotional was the main public discussion of vaccination issues. The strong presence of identity and process framing in our interviews shows how divergent, contrasting and even conflicting are the views on the two sides – the authorities with their harsh and disrespectful addressing of the public, and those who are hesitant to become vaccinated. Moreover, considering the possible predictive capacity of the interactional framing approach one may assume that this polarisation is set to further expand alongside the growing distrust in the government.
    Source: Quality of life in COVID-19 pandemic [Elektronski vir] : a kaleidoscope of challenges and responses of various population groups during the crisis (Str. 71-88, 216)
    Type of material - e-article ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2022
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 118235395
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