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June 30, 2026Open Access

Populism and the Pandemic: How the Covid-sceptic Movement Mobilised Opposition to Covid Measures

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YUYasemin UluşahinSRStephen Reicher

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Overview

Demonstrates how the Covid-sceptic movement mobilised opposition to Covid measures, suggesting new dynamics in social representation.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how the Covid-sceptic movement framed the pandemic as elite domination, influencing collective behavior.
  • Utilized Structural Analysis of Group Arguments (SAGA) framework to analyze speeches and campaign materials.
  • Applied social representations theory and social identity approach to understand collective mobilisation.
  • Identified that the Covid-Sceptic movement framed the pandemic narratives through populist representations.
  • Demonstrated the role of social identity in mobilizing opposition to public measures.

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Uluşahin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a435c08759b888809a52852https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mqj87_v1
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