Ideal types’ strategies related to handling early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic : A thematic analysis of comments from an international survey
Glasdam, Stinne LU
and Stjernswärd, Sigrid
LU
(2022)
In Current Sociology
- Abstract
- People (re)act differently when facing the pandemic. Multiple opinions about COVID-19 and related issues prevail, both in personal meetings and in (social) media. This article aims to illuminate different ideal types and handling strategies in early stages of the pandemic. A thematic Braun and Clark, and Weber inspired analysis of qualitative data from an international web-based survey was carried out in two steps. First, five ideal types related to handling the COVID-19 pandemic were constructed: the Stickler for the rules, the Challenger, the Fact hunter, the Idealist, and the Entertainer. Second, the ideal types were represented throughout four themes: Divided opinions on politico-medico restrictions, Multifaceted picture of the... (More)
- People (re)act differently when facing the pandemic. Multiple opinions about COVID-19 and related issues prevail, both in personal meetings and in (social) media. This article aims to illuminate different ideal types and handling strategies in early stages of the pandemic. A thematic Braun and Clark, and Weber inspired analysis of qualitative data from an international web-based survey was carried out in two steps. First, five ideal types related to handling the COVID-19 pandemic were constructed: the Stickler for the rules, the Challenger, the Fact hunter, the Idealist, and the Entertainer. Second, the ideal types were represented throughout four themes: Divided opinions on politico-medico restrictions, Multifaceted picture of the pandemic, Social media as a lookout point and source of insight, and The future between hope and fear. The results illustrated the complexity of people’s understanding of, (re)actions to and handling of the pandemic. (Less)
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- Glasdam, Stinne
LU
and Stjernswärd, Sigrid
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-04-19
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- COVID-19, Ideal types, Weber, Social Media, Strategies
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- Current Sociology
- pages
- 22 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85129232015
- ISSN
- 1461-7064
- DOI
- 10.1177/00113921221090251
- project
- Social media and COVID-19
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- English
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