What is guiding the health information-seeking behaviors of right-leaning Christians regarding the COVID-19 vaccines?

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dc.contributor.advisorPerry, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorFrantz, Kenneth Ethan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBass, Loretta
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPeck, Mitchell
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T16:48:06Z
dc.date.available2023-07-31T16:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-04
dc.date.manuscript2023-07-28
dc.description.abstractResearch has shown that politics influence Americans’ religious identities (Christian, atheist, etc.) and behaviors (church attendance). However, the research on how right-leaning Christians view the Covid-19 vaccines (and other measures to control the virus) has focused mainly on religion as driving the narrative (through Christian nationalism, etc.). Research also has not been done on where right-leaning Christians are receiving (and not receiving) information on the Covid-19 vaccines. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing 17 interviews with right-leaning Christians about their information-seeking behavior on the Covid-19 vaccines. Contrary to media reports about famous pastors discussing the Covid-19 vaccines, the participants seldom discussed them in their churches. Also, most of my participants’ information-seeking behavior was driven by politics and their preconceived notions about vaccines rather than religion. The messages they received about the vaccines from these sources had a secular and political bent, not a religious one. This study adds to the research on Covid-19 and religion by suggesting that many right-leaning Christians' negative feelings toward the vaccines were driven more by politics than religion.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://shareok.org/handle/11244/338750
dc.languageenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectVaccines hesitancyen_US
dc.subjectHealth information-seeking behavioren_US
dc.subjectChristianityen_US
dc.thesis.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.titleWhat is guiding the health information-seeking behaviors of right-leaning Christians regarding the COVID-19 vaccines?en_US
ou.groupDodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Sociologyen_US

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