A time of Covidiocy: Media, Politics, and Social Upheaval

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Rubin, D. and Agostinone Wilson, F. 2021. A time of Covidiocy: Media, Politics, and Social Upheaval. Brill Academic Publishers.
AuthorsRubin, D. and Agostinone Wilson, F.
Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted a chaotic political and social landscape within the United States. Its arrival revealed cracks in longstanding neoliberal narratives. In this book, the authors utilize critical theory to analyze the collapse of these hyper-individualistic narratives within the media, in the broad areas of economics, the nuclear family, and authoritarian populism and through the topics of scapegoating China, capitalist class economic messaging, the essential worker, the family under shutdown, the spread of conspiracy theories, and the ideologies of the COVID-19 protests. The book conclude with commentary on the significance of the George Floyd protests and their connection to the pandemic.

KeywordsCOVID-19 pandemic ; political and social landscape; United States of America
ISBN9789004499997
Web address (URL)https://brill.com/display/title/61217?language=en
Output statusPublished
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Online26 Jul 2021
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Deposited18 Sep 2024
Year2021
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
SeriesCritical Media Literacies Series
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