Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781032359434 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 416 str.

Opis

Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world.

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Introduction  Introduction: Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective  Section 1: General Perspectives  1. The Psychology of Pandemic Conspiracy Theories  2. Leak or Leap? Evidence and Cognition Surrounding the Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus  Section 2: Asia  3. Covid Origins, Nationalism and Diasporic Heterogeneity: China, Chineseness and Covid-19  4. Dis-Spiracy Theory: Why Corona Rhymes with Corruption in Indonesia  5. Covid-19, Conspiracy Narratives, and the Arab State  6. Conspiracy Theories about the Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey  Section 3: Africa  7. Covid-19 Related Rumors and Conspiracy Theories: A Case Study from Cameroon  8. "Complòóót?": Theorizing about Covid-19 Conspiracies in Côte d’Ivoire  9. A Disease of the Rich and a Disease of the Poor: Comparing Rumors about the Coronavirus and Ebola in Guinea  10. The Constitutional Crisis and the Coronavirus: Conspiracies and Deep Politics during South Africa’s Pandemic  11. Africa Out of the Shadows: Authoritarian Anti-Imperialism, Transnational Pentecostalism, and Covid-19 "Conspiracy Theories"  12. "The Truth Is Not Known": Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy as a Failure of Biomedicine’s Moral Legitimacy in Zambia  Section 4: Europe  13. Covid-19-related Conspiracy Theories in the Baltic States  14. Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in France  15. Covid Conspiracy Theories in Germany, Austria and Switzerland  16. Conspiracy Entrepreneurs, Fringe Movements, and the Pervasive Style of Conspiracy during the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Case of Hungary  17. Italian Uprising from Covid Skepticism to Societal Polarization  18. The Proliferation of Alternative Media: How Corona Conspiracy Theories in the Netherlands Fostered New Social Movements  19. Covid, Conspiracy Theories and the Nordic Countries  20. The Usual Suspects? Conspiracy Theories and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Poland  21. A (Cold) War for Vaccines: Retro-Conspiracism in Kremlin-Aligned Russian Discourse on Sputnik V  22. A Communist Coup by Lockdown: Covid Conspiracy Theories in Spain  Section 5: North America  23. Anti-Colonialism Meets Anti-Vax Suspicion: The Case of Guadeloupe  24. A Perfect Storm: Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in the United States  Section 6: South America  25. Vulnerability and Conspiracy Theories: Latin America in the Time of Covid-19  26. "The Communavirus Is Here": Anti-Communist Conspiracy Theories in Brazil’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic  Section 7: Oceania  27. Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Darker Side of Paradise