Index
Christian Fuchs
(University of Westminster, UK)
ISBN: 978-1-80117-723-8, eISBN: 978-1-80117-720-7
Publication date: 6 September 2021
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Citation
Fuchs, C. (2021), "Index", Communicating COVID-19 (Society Now), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-720-720211015
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2021 Christian Fuchs. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited
INDEX
Academics
, 275
Ad hominem attacks
, 176–177
Agricultural capitalism
, 8–10
Alternative media
, 223
Amazon
, 266–267
online shopping business
, 46
Animalisation
, 176
Anti-Semitism
, 168–169
Anti-social media’s individualism
, 278
Anti-vaccination movement
, 93, 146
Apple (information communication platform providers)
, 266–267
AstraZeneca
, 14
Authoritarian capitalism
, 93
Autism
, 146–147
vaccines and
, 210–215
Avian influenza
, 119–120
Barbarism
, 38–39, 60–61
Bet-David, Patrick
, 152–153
Betacoronavirus
, 100
Bezos, Jeff
, 46
Big pharma
, 104–105
Bill Gates conspiracy theories
COVID-19 conspiracy theories as ideology
, 133–139
critique of philanthrocapitalism and critique of conspiracy ideology
, 140–144
determinism
, 116–130
findings
, 98, 130, 133
friend/enemy scheme and violence
, 103–108
Global Health
, 92–94
methodology
, 94–97
personalisation
, 101–103
rational irrationality
, 108–116
sampling of relevant artefacts
, 95–96
secret domination and concealment
, 98–101
Biologisation
, 176
BioNTech
, 14
Bird flu. See Avian influenza
Blackboard Collaborate
, 33
Bolsonaro, Jair
, 4
Boris Johnson’s social Darwinism
, 28–32
Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and false COVID-19 news
, 81–86
Buttar, Rashid A.
, 99, 101, 105, 108, 120, 122
Capital concentration
, 175–176
Capitalism
, 68–69, 145–146, 168–169, 272
agricultural
, 8–10
class relations in pandemic times
, 12–13
communication in pandemic times
, 16
COVID-19 and
, 7–15
global spread of SARS-COV-2
, 10
globalisation and de-globalisation
, 12
governance
, 10–11
ideology
, 11–12
places
, 50–51
points of change
, 10
vaccine capitalism and nationalism
, 14–15
Capitalist
deforestation
, 8
entanglements
, 143
globalization
, 43–44
interests
, 142
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
, 105
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
, 79
Chef Pete Evans
, 154
Cheltenham festival
, 28–29
Chief executive officers (CEOs)
, 12, 92
Children in coronavirus crisis
, 53–56
China
and Joe Biden
, 218–221
virus
, 215–218
Chloroquine
, 227–228
Class relations in pandemic times
, 12–13
Class society
, 39, 56, 267
Clinton, Hillary
, 194
Club 2
, 278
Club 2.0
, 278
COINTELPRO
, 68
Commodification of health sector
, 142
Commodity fetishism
, 168–169
Commontopia
, 275, 279, 281
Communication. See also Digital communication
, 32, 275, 281
of conspiracy theories
, 75–76
of coronavirus conspiracy stories and false news
, 76–87
COVID-19
, 1–2, 16
five types of means
, 25
networks
, 27
in pandemic times
, 16
power
, 273–274
technologies
, 19–20, 59
Concealment
, 155
Conspiracy ideology, critique of
, 140–144
Conspiracy theories
, 11–12, 63, 65, 76, 155, 158, 168–169, 194, 196, 217–218, 267–268, 271–272
Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and false COVID-19 news
, 81–86
communication of
, 75–76
communication of coronavirus conspiracy stories and false news
, 76–87
definitions
, 65–68
determinism
, 74–75
elements of
, 68–76
friend/enemy scheme
, 69–70
ideology
, 63–65
nationalism, fascism, war
, 86–87
personalisation
, 68–69
rational irrationality
, 72–73
secret domination and concealment
, 68
types of false COVID-19 news
, 78–81
violence
, 70–71
Conspiracy thinking
, 70
Content analysis
, 160–163
Coronavirus capitalism
Boris Johnson’s social Darwinism
, 28–32
children, youth and (E-)learning in coronavirus crisis
, 53–56
coronavirus, risk society, class society
, 39–56
coronavirus crisis as deceleration of everyday life
, 27–28
critical infrastructures
, 42–45
global cities and rural areas in coronavirus crisis
, 56–57
Lefebvre’s distinction between lived and living
, 22
most vulnerable
, 40
overburdening of individual
, 36–38
radical transformation of space-time of everyday life in coronavirus crisis
, 33–36
social distancing
, 32–33
social distancing of old, weak and ill individuals
, 52–53
social murder of workers in coronavirus crisis
, 45–52
social space, everyday life and everyday communication in coronavirus crisis
, 19–28
socialism or barbarism
, 38–39, 60–61
working class in coronavirus crisis
, 40–42
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
, 2, 17, 39, 56, 99, 203, 224–225
and capitalism
, 7–15
and class structures
, 59–60
communicating
, 1–2
conspiracy theories
, 63, 130, 146, 268–269
crisis
, 34, 37–38, 91, 93
as ideology
, 133–139
infection and death statistics
, 3
pandemic
, 145–146
SARS-COV-2 and
, 2–5
testing
, 241–244
vaccines
, 93
Corr, Jim
, 151
Countervailing measures
, 5–6
Criminonyms
, 113, 176, 233
Crisis
, 93
of democracy
, 5
Critical discourse analysis (CDA)
, 204
Critical infrastructures
, 42–45
Criticism
, 179–186
Crude economism
, 167
Cruz, Rafael
, 194
Cultural crisis
, 5, 7
CureVac
, 14
De-globalisation
, 12
Deltacoronavirus
, 100
Determinism
, 74–75, 116, 130, 158, 172, 176
Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act)
, 202
Digital
corporations
, 45–46
creativity
, 277–278
fascism
, 104–105
participation
, 277–278
public service
, 274
technologies
, 52–53
Digital communication
commontopia
, 275–281
everyday life and everyday communication in pandemic times
, 263–275
Digitalisation
, 32–33
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough [pertussis] (DTaP)
, 212–213
Discord
, 33
Dry cough
, 17
(E-)learning in coronavirus crisis
, 53–56
Eating meat
, 79
Ebola
, 9–10
Economic crisis
, 5, 7
Econonym
, 113
Egalitarians
, 265–266
Epidemics
, 216, 264
Erdoğan, Recep
, 4
European Union (EU)
, 109, 147, 275–276
Everyday communication
in coronavirus crisis
, 19, 23, 26, 28
in pandemic times
, 263–275
Everyday life
in coronavirus crisis
, 19, 23, 26, 28
coronavirus crisis as deceleration of
, 27–28
in pandemic times
, 263–275
radical transformation of space-time of
, 33–36
Existential crises
, 34
Export Comments
, 154–155
Extreme tiredness
, 17
Face-to-face communication
, 24–27
Facebook
, 94, 97, 266–267, 272–273
Fake news
, 222–223
False COVID-19 news
Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and
, 81–86
types
, 78–81
False news
, 77–78
stories
, 194–196
Fascism
, 71, 86–87
Fear of illness
, 267
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
, 68
Fever
, 17
5G wireless networks
, 79
Flexibilisation
, 32–33
Frankfurt School critical theory
, 63
Friend/enemy scheme
, 69–70, 155, 163, 167, 176
and violence
, 103–108
Gammacoronavirus
, 100
Gates Foundations
, 140
General Temporal Theory
, 281
Gini index
, 202–203
Global cities in coronavirus crisis
, 56–57
Global crisis
, 5
Global Health Watch
, 140
Globalisation
, 12, 32–33
Google
, 266–267
Google doc
, 228–229
Governance
, 10–11
Government measures
, 60
Greedy sack
, 167
Harvey, David
, 8–9, 19
Health crisis
, 5, 7
Herd immunity
, 30
Hidden sinister plan
, 68
Hildmann, Attila
, 153–154
Home
, 35–36
Houseworkers
, 37
Human capital
, 123–124
Human Development Index (HDI)
, 6
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)
, 101–102
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
, 110–111
Humanist politics
, 264–265
Humanitarian refugee crisis
, 5
Humans
, 32
Humour
, 186
Satire and
, 179–180
Hydroxychloroquine
, 225–229
Ideological Square Model’s strategies
, 165–166
Ideological tools
, 269
Ideologonym
, 113
Ideology
, 11–12, 63, 65
COVID-19 conspiracy theories as
, 133–139
Illuminati
, 169–170
Individual, overburdening of
, 36–38
Individualisation
, 32–33
Individualism
, 278
Information communication platform providers
, 266–267
InfoWars
, 122–124
Ingraham Angle, The
, 152
Internet
, 27, 75–76, 272–273, 275, 281
Internetopia
, 277–278
Irrational
claims
, 172–173
reactions
, 87
Jebsen, Ken
, 103, 105, 124, 130
Jewish disease
, 216
Jitsi
, 33
Joe Biden, China and
, 218–221
Johnson & Johnson
, 14
Johnson, Boris
, 4
Killer vaccines
, 103
Laissez-faire approach
, 28–29
Laura Ingraham Show, The
, 152
Lefebvre, Henri
, 19
Liberal media
, 222, 272–273
Locales
, 35
Lockdown
, 5–6, 91, 264–266
Trump’s opposition to
, 237–241
Logical fallacy of hasty generalisation
, 126–127
Mail-in votes
, 229–234
Mainstream media
, 223
Martin, David E.
, 118–119
Marxian theory
, 68–69
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
, 115
McCarthyism
, 193
Media
, 275–281
exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy
, 221–223
and Trump Rallies
, 234–237
Mediation
, 33
Medical progress
, 213
MERS-CoV
, 119–120
Metaphors of natural disasters
, 233
Microsoft Office
, 92, 266–267
Militarionym
, 113
MMRV vaccine
, 210–212
Mobile phone networks
, 27
Moderna
, 14
Modi, Narendra
, 4
Moneyed aristocracy
, 104–105
Monopolisation
, 175–176
Moral crisis
, 5, 7
Moral–political problems
, 183
Mysticism
, 70
Nationalism
, 86–87
Natural disasters, metaphors of
, 233
Negative consequences
, 183
Neoliberal
capitalism
, 93
crisis
, 37–38
political strategies
, 34
privatisation
, 141–142
strategies
, 42
Neoliberalisation
, 32–33
Neoliberalism
, 60
9/11 attack
, 5
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 163–164
Obama, Barack
, 194
Overburdening individuals, danger of
, 59
Pandemic times
communicating COVID-19
, 1–2
COVID-19 and capitalism
, 7–15
everyday life and everyday communication in
, 263–275
health crisis, economic crisis, political crisis, cultural crisis, moral crisis
, 5–7
SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19
, 2–5
Pandemics
, 216, 264
Panopto
, 33
Pathologonyms
, 233
Pediarix
, 210–212
Persecutory anxiety
, 70–71
Personalisation
, 68–69, 101, 103, 155, 167, 172
Pfizer
, 14
Philanthrocapitalism, critique of
, 140–144
Physical proximity
, 37
Pizzagate
, 94–97
Plandemic
, 94, 97, 101, 103, 148, 151
Plandemic 2 (Indoctrination)
, 108, 114, 118, 120
Points of change
, 10
Policy power
, 142–143
Political action, calls to
, 177–179
Political crisis
, 5, 7
PolitiFact
, 219
Politionym
, 113
Post hoc
, 212–213
Privatisation
, 39–40
ProQuad
, 210–212
Protective measures
, 40
Public health measures
, 18
Public service Internet platform
, 275–276
Public service media (PSM)
, 272–274, 276–277
PublicServiceTube
, 277–278
Putin, Vladimir
, 4
QAnon
conspiracy theory
, 79, 268–269
movement
, 93–94, 97
Quantum computing
, 281
Radical transformation of space-time of everyday life
, 33–36
Radically neoliberal society
, 30–31
Rational irrationality
, 72–73, 108, 113–114, 116, 158, 172, 176
Patrick Bet-David’s interview with Rashid Buttar
, 114–116
Plandemic 2 (Indoctrination)
, 108, 114, 118, 120
Rationality
of capital accumulation
, 272
of irrationality
, 113
Religionyms/moralonyms
, 176
Repression
, 155–158
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
, 100
Right-wing conspiracy theories
, 168–169
Right-wing ideology
, 163–164, 229
Right-wing leaders
, 4
Risk society
, 39–56
Rosa, Hartmut
, 27
Rural areas in coronavirus crisis
, 56–57
SARS
, 119–120
SARS-CoV-2
, 17–18, 87, 101–102, 104–105, 146, 217–218, 263–264, 270–271
and COVID-19
, 2–5
global spread of
, 10
Sather, Jordan
, 98, 116, 118
Satire and humour
, 179–180
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)
, 31–32
Secret domination
, 68, 155
Secret world domination
, 167–172
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
, 99
Shortness of breath
, 17
Shutdown
, 264–265
Skype
, 33
Social Darwinism
, 18–19, 28, 32
Social distancing. See also Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
, 5–6, 32–33, 37, 58, 91, 264–266
of old, weak and ill individuals
, 52–53
Social media
, 75–76
attention and visibility
, 273–274
Social murder
, 50
of workers in coronavirus crisis
, 45–52
Social space
, 34–35
in coronavirus crisis
, 19, 21, 28
Socialism
, 38–39, 60–61
Socialist crisis
, 37
Society
, 275–281
Solidarity
, 269–270
Space-time
, 35
Spanish flu
, 216
State action
, 155–158
Swine flu
, 119–120
Tabloid media
, 222–223
Technocracy and instrumental reason
, 143
Telegram
, 33
Thatcherism
, 30–31
Theory of space
, 19
TikTok
, 94–97
Tönnies Holding
, 48
Trump, Donald
, 4, 270–271
China and Joe Biden
, 218–221
China virus
, 215–218
COVID-19 testing
, 241–244
and COVID-19
, 191, 224–225
election fraud conspiracy theory tweets
, 197
hydroxychloroquine
, 225–229
legacy
, 198–203
mail-in votes
, 229–234
media and Trump Rallies
, 234–237
media exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy
, 221–223
methodology
, 203–204
sample of 19 Trump Tweets
, 205–209
Trump’s opposition to lockdowns
, 237–241
Trump’s policies
, 201–203
Trump’s reaction to and management of COVID-19 pandemic
, 244–248
tweet by Donald Trump containing fabricated
, 195
on Twitter
, 192–193
vaccines and autism
, 210–215
voted for Trump
, 198
World Health Organization
, 248–256
Twitter
, 94, 97, 272–273
China and Joe Biden
, 218–221
China virus
, 215–218
COVID-19 testing
, 241–244
and COVID-19
, 191, 224–225
Donald Trump on
, 192–193
election fraud conspiracy theory tweets
, 197
hydroxychloroquine
, 225–229
legacy
, 198–203
mail-in votes
, 229–234
media and Trump Rallies
, 234–237
media exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy
, 221–223
methodology
, 203–204
sample of 19 Trump Tweets
, 205–209
Trump’s opposition to lockdowns
, 237–241
Trump’s policies
, 201–203
Trump’s reaction to and management of COVID-19 pandemic
, 244–248
tweet by Donald Trump containing fabricated
, 195
vaccines and autism
, 210–215
voted for Trump
, 198
World Health Organization
, 248–256
Typology of social space
, 19–20
United Nations (UN)
, 203–204
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
, 54–55
Universal commodification
, 39–40
Urbanisation
, 8
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
, 227–228
Users’ reactions to Covid-19 conspiracy
calls to political action
, 177–179
coding scheme utilised in conducted
, 156–157
content analysis
, 160–163
criticism
, 179–186
data analysis
, 154–159
demonstration of moral–political problems and negative consequences
, 183
determinism and rational irrationality
, 172–176
findings
, 160–186
friend/enemy scheme
, 163–167
immanent critique of logic of argumentation
, 183–184
methodology
, 148–159
personalisation and secret world domination
, 167–172
questioning of underlying ideological motivation
, 184–186
references to empirical data and reality
, 180–182
Satire and humour
, 179–180
verbal attacks and calls for violence
, 176–177
Vaccine
and autism
, 210–215
capitalism
, 14–15
nationalism
, 14–15
Value
, 168–169
Valuetainment
, 152–153
Verbal attacks and calls for violence
, 176–177
Video communication software
, 33
Vimeo
, 94–97
Violence
, 70–71, 155, 158
friend/enemy scheme and
, 103–108
verbal attacks and calls for
, 176–177
Virus
, 78, 87, 215–216
War
, 86–87
Wearing masks
, 5–6, 266
WhatsApp
, 33
Work from home
, 45
Working class in coronavirus crisis
, 40–42
Workplace
, 32–33
World Economic Crisis
, 5, 93
World Health Organization (WHO)
, 2, 4, 18, 98, 203–204, 248, 256, 270–271
World society
, 264
World Trade Organization
, 201
Xenophobia
, 219–220
Youth in coronavirus crisis
, 53–56
YouTube
, 94, 97, 272–273
Zoom
, 33, 45–46, 266–267
- Prelims
- 1 Introduction: Pandemic Times
- 2 Everyday Life and Everyday Communication in Coronavirus Capitalism
- 3 Conspiracy Theories as Ideology
- 4 Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories as Ideology in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis
- 5 Users' Reactions to COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories on Social Media
- 6 Donald Trump and COVID-19 on Twitter
- 7 Conclusion: Digital Communication in Pandemic Times and Commontopia as the Potential Future of Communication and Society
- Bibliography
- Index