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OCEAN

The Oxford Coronavirus Explanations, Attitudes, and Narratives (OCEAN) project was a series of studies focused on excessive mistrust about the COVID-19 virus, lockdown guidance, and medical interventions. In particular, we aimed to understand conspiracy beliefs and vaccine hesitancy and to develop methods to counter misinformation. 

The following results were obtained: 

Freeman, D., Loe, B.S., Yu, L.M., Freeman, J., Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., Shanyinde, M., Harris, V., Waite, F., Rosebrock, L., Petit, A., Vanderslott, S., Lewandowsky, S., Larkin, M., Innocenti, S., Pollard, A., McShane, H., & Lambe, S. (2021). Effects of different types of written vaccination information on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK (OCEANS-III): a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Public Health, 6, E416-427. 

Freeman, D., Lambe, S., Yu, L-M., Freeman, J., Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., Waite, F., Rosebrock, L., Petit, A., Vanderslott, S., Lewandowsky, S., Larkin, M., Innocenti, S., McShane, H., Pollard, A.J., Loe, B.S. (2023). Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Psychological Medicine, 53, 1185-1195. 

Brown, P., Waite, F., Larkin, M., Lambe, S., McShane, H., Pollard, A.J., & Freeman, D. (2022). "It seems impossible that it's been made so quickly": a qualitative investigation of concerns about the speed of COVID-19 vaccine development and how these may be overcome. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18:1, 2004808. 

Chadwick, A., Kaiser, J., Vaccari, C., Freeman, D., Lambe, S., Loe, B.S., Vanderslott, S., Lewandowsky, S., Conroy, M., Ross, A., Innocenti, S., Pollard, A., Waite, F., Larkin, M., Rosebrock, L., Jenner, L., McShane, H., Giubilini, A., Petit, A., & Yu, L-M. (2021). Online social endorsement and Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK. Social Media and Society, 7 (2), 20563051211008817 

Freeman, D., Loe, B.S., Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., Waite, F., Rosebrock, L., Jenner, L., Petit, A., Lewandowsky, S., Vanderslott, S., Innocenti, S., Larkin, M., Giubilini, A., Yu, L-M., McShane, H., Pollard, A.J., & Lambe, S. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK: The Oxford Coronavirus Explanations, Attitudes, and Narratives Survey (OCEAN) II. Psychological Medicine, 52, 3127-3141. 

Freeman, D., Waite, F., Rosebrock, L., Petit, A., Causier, C., East, A., Jenner, L., Teale, A., Carr, L., Mulhall, S., Bold, E., & Lambe, S. (2022). Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England. Psychological Medicine, 52, 251–263. 

 

The studies were funded by the University of Oxford COVID-19 Research Response Fund, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. 

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