A Moral Panic in Reverse? Implicatory Denial and Covid-19 Pre-Crisis Risk Communication in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14784079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean P Hier (0000-0003-4273-0936, University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 505-521 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22230/cjc.2021v46n3a3981 |
| OpenAlex | W3199197779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
Background: This article reverses the conventional logic of moral panics. COVID-19 pre-crisis risk communication is conceptualized as a form of implicatory denial that underreacted to COVID-19 in the three months leading up to the acute phase of the crisis. Analysis: Connections are established among denial theory; infectious disease crisis communication; and the social, economic, and political implications of underreacting to real-world threats over three phases of pre-crisis risk communication. Conclusions and implications: Linking the analysis to the broader literature on the social organization of denial highlights the dialectical relationship between the rhetoric of panic and conditions of implicatory denial
Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Crisis communication · Denial · Dialectic · Disease · Epistemology · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Moral panic · Panic · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Public relations · Rhetoric · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |