Мифы и убеждения о медицинских микрочипах-имплантах в России, Украине и Словении

Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2023. № 3. С. 78–103.

Moiseev S., Shcheglova T., Maltseva D., Жнидаршич А., Баггиа А., Вербер Б., Беванда В.

The article presents the main results of an international research project on studying the attitudes of the population to new electronic devices – passive RFID microchips (Radio Frequency IDentification, radio frequency identification), implanted into the human body to implement a certain functionality. The study examined the level of awareness of RFID microchips, ideas about their potential benefits and associated threats, as well as the main myths associated with their implementation, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection was carried out through mass surveys of the population on a quota sample in three EU countries, Russia and Ukraine. The text compares representations of RFID microchips of residents of three countries - Slovenia, Ukraine, and Russia. It is shown that the level of awareness of RFID technology is quite low in all countries, even though in Slovenia a share of the population who knows about the technology is larger than in Russia and Ukraine. Microchip implants are strongly associated with tracking and control tools. Residents of all three countries believe that tracking digital traces is the least attractive option for using implant microchips in the context of a pandemic, while the identification of vaccinated, recovered, and sick people is assessed positively.

Keywords: сравнительное исследование, comparative study, COVID-19, межстрановое исследование, микрочип-имплант, COVID-19, medical microchip, microchip implant, RFID microchip, population mass survey, cross-country study, медицинский микрочип, RFID-микрочип, массовый опрос населения

Publication based on the results of: Theoretical and methodological innovations in network analysis: new tools for management decision-making (2023)