Vaccine Hesitancy in the Nordic Countries: Trust and Distrust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Lars Borin (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Mia-Marie Hammarlin (Lund University, Sweden)

Vaccine Hesitancy in the Nordic Countries

Trust and Distrust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lars Borin (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Mia-Marie Hammarlin (Lund University, Sweden), Dimitrios Kokkinakis (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) , Fredrik Miegel (Lund University, Sweden)

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Routledge
15 April 2024

Media studies; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Political campaigning & advertising; Epidemiology & medical statistics

Bringing together studies from across the Nordic region, this book examines the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on vaccine hesitancy. Shedding light on the political tensions that emerged as a result of the pandemic and the debates that ensued both within and between the Nordic nations, it investigates the vociferous discussions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and their presumed negative side effects through the lens of trust; trust in and between the neighbouring countries, in healthcare systems, fellow citizens, and experts; in public authorities, politicians, researchers, journalists, and pharmaceutical companies. The first volume to explore vaccine hesitancy in the Scandinavian context, this ground-breaking volume offers fresh perspectives on vaccine scepticism not as a form of ignorance or lack of knowledge, but as a manifestation of a more fundamental lack of faith in modern government and science. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics, anthropology, media studies, communication and cultural studies with interests in public health, popular and political discourse and questions of public trust.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Edited by: Lars Borin (University of Gothenburg Sweden), Mia-Marie Hammarlin (Lund University, Sweden), Dimitrios Kokkinakis (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Fredrik Miegel (Lund University, Sweden)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.420kg
ISBN: 9781032305998
ISBN 10: 1032305991
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Nordic Tensions in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis Part 1: Emotional Perspectives on the COVID-19 Crisis 1. Apollonian and Dionysian Trust in Vaccination: Beyond Reason vs Emotion 2. The Corona Pandemic as a Culture of Fear: Reflections on Moral Panic and Healthcare Scares in the Early 21st Century 3. Satirising Science: Humorous Ambiguity, Trust and Cynicism in COVID-19 Vaccine Engagement Part 2: Vaccine Trust and Distrust among Scandinavian Citizens (Survey Studies) 4. ‘I am not an Antivaxxer but … ‘: Distrust and Vaccine Hesitancy in Eight European Countries 5. Virus, Vaccination and Risk in Denmark: Dealing with Invisible Danger During a Pandemic 6. Uncertainty at the Needle Point: Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy and Communication in Norway in View of the 2009–2010 Swine Flu Pandemic 7. To Help Ourselves and Others: Trust and Covid-19 Immunisation in Sweden 8. Trust in Vaccines and Vaccine-Related Information in the Finnish Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic Part 3: The Vaccine Debate: A sign of Civic Engagement (Media Studies) 9. Freedom from Repression: A study on Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Norway 10. Vaccine Hesitancy in Finnish Public Discourse Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic 11. ‘The Vaccine is the Virus!’: Vaccine Rumours Understood as Civic Talk 12. Where the Fringe and Mainstream Meet: Discussions on Vaccine Hesitancy among Public Radio Listeners on Facebook Part 4: Vulnerable Vaccine Groups in Perspective 13. Structural and Cultural Racism made Visible: COVID-19’s Warning on the Swedish Welfare Model 14. Asymmetrical and Symmetrical Notion of Culture in the Norwegian Debate about Minorities and COVID-19 15. How to Make it Through Tough Times: Core Values and Trust in a Vaccine Hesitant region in Finland

Lars Borin is Professor of Natural Language Processing at the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the co-editor of Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences and Constructicography: Constructicon Development across Languages. Mia-Marie Hammarlin is Reader in Ethnology and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies in the Department of Communication and Media at Lund University, Sweden. She is the author of Exposed: Living with Scandal, Rumour and Gossip. Dimitrios Kokkinakis is Reader in Language Technology at the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Fredrik Miegel is Reader and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies in the Department of Communication and Media at Lund University, Sweden.