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This article describes patterns of compliance with social distancing measures among the Spanish population during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It identifies several factors associated with higher or lower compliance with recommended measures of social distancing. This research is part of a 67-country study, titled the International COVID-19 study on Social & Moral Psychology, in which we use a Spanish dataset. Participants were residents in Spain aged 18 or above. The sample comprises 1,090 respondents, weighted to be representative of the Spanish population. Frequencies, correlations, bivariate analysis, and six models based on hierarchical multiple regressions were applied. The main finding is that most Spaniards are compliant with established guidelines of social distance during the pandemic (State of Alarm, before May 2020). Variables associated more with lower levels of compliance with these standards were explored. Six hierarchical multiple regression models found that compliance with social distance measures has a multifactorial explanation (R 2 between 20.4 and 49.1%). Sociodemographic factors, personal hygiene patterns, and the interaction between personal hygiene patterns and the support for political measures related to the coronavirus brought significant effects on the regression models. Less compliance was also associated with beliefs in some specific conspiracy theories with regard to COVID-19 or general conspiracy mentality (Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire, CMQ), consumption patterns of traditional mass media (television, paper newspapers, magazines, and radio) and modern means to get informed (online digital newspapers, blogs, and social networks), political ideology, vote, trust in institutions, and political identification. Among the future lines of action in preventing the possible outbreak of the virus, we suggest measures to reinforce trust in official information, mainly linked to reducing the influence of disinformation and conspiracy theories parallel to the pandemic.
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Resumen. La irrupción de las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) ha propiciado un debate sobre sus consecuencias en la vida de los niños y niñas que habitan la sociedad de la información. El propósito de este texto es analizar críticamente los diagnósticos parciales sobre la cuestión. Partiendo de la conjetura de que éstos vienen a estar anclados en una visión que subestima las capacidades del niño/a como agente social, detectamos una perspectiva adultocéntrica que infravalora el papel de estas generaciones socializadas en el uso de los nuevos medios electrónicos en tanto que usuarios competentes. Frente a esta posición defendemos, apoyándonos en evidencias empíricas, que la población infantil puede jugar un papel más activo y crítico que redunde en un uso positivo de las mismas (AU)
Abstract. The coming of New Technologies (ICTs) is leading us to a discussion about their consequences in childrens life in the context of the information society. The aim of this paper is to analyze from a critical approach the main diagnosis about this topic. The starting idea is that they are characterized by an image of non-capable or immature children astechnology user. It is argued in this article that some empirical evidences exist pointing out the fact that e-generations can play a more active and central role in the new technologies use (AU)
