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July 8, 2026European Journal of Social Psychology

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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Demonstrates how the Covid‐Sceptic movement mobilized opposition to Covid measures, suggesting new dynamics in social representation.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how the Covid‐Sceptic movement used populist narratives to mobilize opposition to pandemic measures.
  • Applied Structural Analysis of Group Arguments (SAGA) framework
  • Analyzed speeches and campaign materials of the Covid‐Sceptic movement
  • Drew on theories of social representations, social identity, and identity leadership
  • Covid‐Sceptic movement framed the pandemic as a mechanism of elite control over the public.
  • Demonstrated the role of social representations in shaping collective identity and mobilization.
  • Highlighted the implications for understanding populism as a response to social changes.

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Uluşahin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4de93fd2ea289ef6283749https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70097
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