Soziologie
H. Russell Bernard Graduate Student Travel Award goes to Zhenwei Wang
Special Issue on Vulnerability and Society
Priska Daphi in Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung berufen
Prof. Dr. Priska Daphi wurde im Februar 2023 in den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung berufen.
New Paper on Stigmatization in the Context of COVID-19 by Sebastian Sattler Published in BMC Public Health
Sattler, S., Maskileyson, D., Racine, E., Davidov, E., Escande, A. (2023). Stigmatization in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Experiment Using Attribution Theory and the Familiarity Hypothesis. BMC Public Health 23: 521. ►LINK
Abstract
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global health crisis, leading to stigmatization and discriminatory behaviors against people who have contracted or are suspected of having contracted the virus. Yet the causes of stigmatization in the context of COVID-19 remain only partially understood. Using attribution theory, we examine to what extent attributes of a fictitious person affect the formation of stigmatizing attitudes towards this person, and whether suspected COVID-19 infection (vs. flu) intensifies such attitudes. We also use the familiarity hypothesis to explore whether familiarity with COVID-19 reduces stigma and whether it moderates the effect of a COVID-19 infection on stigmatization.
Methods
We conducted a multifactorial vignette survey experiment (28-design, i.e., NVignettes = 256) in Germany (NRespondents = 4,059) in which we experimentally varied signals and signaling events (i.e., information that may trigger stigma) concerning a fictitious person in the context of COVID-19. We assessed respondents’ cognitive (e.g., blameworthiness) and affective (e.g., anger) responses as well as their discriminatory inclinations (e.g., avoidance) towards the character. Furthermore, we measured different indicators of respondents’ familiarity with COVID-19.
Results
Results revealed higher levels of stigma towards people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 versus a regular flu. In addition, stigma was higher towards those who were considered responsible for their infection due to irresponsible behavior. Knowing someone who died from a COVID infection increased stigma. While higher self-reported knowledge about COVID-19 was associated with more stigma, higher factual knowledge was associated with less.
Conclusion
Lengersdorf in den Vorstand der DGS gewählt
Ernennung zur Universitätsprofessorin
(Foto: Universität Bielefeld)
Zum Sommersemester 2023 übernimmt Prof. Dr. Sonja Blum die Leitung der
AG Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft & Politikfeldanalyse. Am
Montag, 13. März 2023 überreichte Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer,
Rektor der Universität Bielefeld, ihr die Urkunde für die Ernennung zur
Universitätsprofessorin. Sonja Blum war zuvor an der FernUniversität in
Hagen, der KU Leuven, der Universität Wien sowie der Universität Münster
tätig.
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CfP der Zeitschrift für Soziologie: Verletzbarkeit und Gesellschaft
Interview zu Frauen- und Geschlechterrechten
Lecture: Obstetric violence - A perspectve from feminist philosphy
Lecture with
Prof. Dr. Sara Cohen Shabot, University of Haifa (Women's and Gender Studies Program)
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 14.15 - 16.00 Uhr, Raum: X-B2-103
Obstetric violence – violence against women giving birth in medicalized settings – has been widely recognized as a phenomenon affecting women globally and systematically, and as one that is in urgent need to be tackled and solved. Obstetric violence is not mere medical violence but constitutes structural gender violence.
In her research, Sara Cohen Shabot has dealt with different aspects of the phenomenon from the perspective of feminist philosophy, mainly feminist phenomenology & epistemology. She will discuss some of her insights on the subject in the lecture.
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