Counter-stereotypical Messaging and Partisan Cues: Moving the Needle on Vaccines in a Polarized U.S. /

We report a large-scale randomized controlled trial designed to assess whether the counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues can induce people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Our study involved creating a 27-second video compilation of Donald Trump's comments about the vaccine from Fox News i...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Larsen, Bradley
Körperschaft:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Weitere Verfasser:
Hetherington, Marc J., Greene, Steven H., Ryan, Timothy J., Maxwell, Rahsaan D., Tadelis, Steven
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022.
Zusammenfassung:
We report a large-scale randomized controlled trial designed to assess whether the counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues can induce people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Our study involved creating a 27-second video compilation of Donald Trump's comments about the vaccine from Fox News interviews. We presented the video to millions of U.S. YouTube users in October 2021. Results indicate that the campaign increased the number of vaccines in the average treated county by 103. Spread across 1,014 treated counties, the total effect of the campaign was an estimated increase of 104,036 vaccines. The campaign was cost-effective: with an overall budget of about $100,000, the cost to obtain an additional vaccine was about $1 or less.
Umfang:
1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
Anmerkungen:
April 2022.
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