Open AccessCity, Media and Pandemic Stress
Author(s) -
Olga Ivanovna Dimitricheva,
Ірина Савченко,
Oleg Igorevich Pikunov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
teoriâ i praktika obŝestvennogo razvitiâ/teoria i praktika obŝestvenogo razvitiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2072-7623
pISSN - 1815-4964
DOI - 10.24158/tipor.2020.11.1
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , shock (circulatory) , altruism (biology) , population , mass media , personality , psychology , social psychology , political science , sociology , public relations , business , advertising , medicine , demography , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The paper deals with the modern metropolis, which, with all the advantages of living in a big city, is a source and catalyst of stress. The authors empha-size that in times of crisis, including epidemics, stress is on the rise. Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the urban population is under pressure from mass media, which, instead of giving an ade-quate assessment of what is happening, in pursuit of ratings, often inflame the situation. However, not all people react equally to “frightening” media con-tent. Building on the ideas of J. Rotter and R. Laza-rus, the authors show how different personality types respond to pandemic-related threats and how these types are susceptible to information shock. It is concluded that optimistic worldview, intelligence, altruism, volunteering, charity are becoming particu-larly relevant at present.