Deviant Swedes in the global Covid-19 media environment
(2021) In Medical Anthropology. Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness 40(8). p.815-829- Abstract
- During the early COVID-19 pandemic, many countries took compulsory measures to combating the virus’s spread, while Sweden took a more voluntary approach. This led to polarized reactions in the international media, with some praising it and others proclaiming it disastrous. Using the concept of “moral panic” I examine how actors within the global media environment portrayed Swedes as a deviant population, using persuasive language, exaggeration, and selective reporting, and how an amplification of media attention served to solidify the deviant label. I also argue that Sweden was made deviant partly to justify restrictive measures in other countries.
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- author
- Irwin, Rachel LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Sweden, covid-19, deviance, deviant, media, pandemic
- in
- Medical Anthropology. Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
- volume
- 40
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 815 - 829
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85118102697
- pmid:34696635
- ISSN
- 0145-9740
- DOI
- 10.1080/01459740.2021.1988594
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 600e6658-6025-41e8-a210-cb9fd88b5bb4
- date added to LUP
- 2021-10-01 11:42:23
- date last changed
- 2022-04-27 04:21:17
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