Volltext herunterladen
(200.5 KB)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-81037-9
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Corona protests in Germany: insights into a new movement
[Sammelwerksbeitrag]
Abstract In August 2020, the German capital of Berlin became the stage for political manifestations organized by regional and relatively unknown groups of individuals with diverse political agendas. The German government and the public observed smaller and bigger agglomerations of up to 40.000 citizens of di... mehr
In August 2020, the German capital of Berlin became the stage for political manifestations organized by regional and relatively unknown groups of individuals with diverse political agendas. The German government and the public observed smaller and bigger agglomerations of up to 40.000 citizens of different backgrounds articulating themselves critically towards the political and legal measures taken by the government to address the crisis caused by COVID-19. The public perception of these newly identified networks and organizations and their diverging political agendas posed questions to traditional understandings of political mobilization. While policy makers, researchers, the media and the general public are often categorizing political groups or movements into specific sections including left, right, center and others, the newly growing so called “anti-corona” or “corona-sceptical” movement in Germany did not allow an easy categorization at first sight. This chapter will give an overview and a first insight into this newly evolving movement, its political agenda and into its mechanisms of political mobilization. It will be shown, how a heterogeneous mixture of middle class citizens, peace movement activists, right wing extremists, antisemitic conspiracy theorists and others joined a common platform strengthened by social media activism and so called alternative media channels.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Mobilisierung; Protest; Soziale Medien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
COVID-19; Corona pandemic; social media activism; social protest
Titel Sammelwerk, Herausgeber- oder Konferenzband
Diálogos Institucionais e Políticas de Enfrentamento da Crise
Herausgeber
Rached, Gabriel; Helfer de Farias, Eduardo
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Verlag
Gramma Ed.
Erscheinungsort
Rio de Janeiro
Seitenangabe
S. 25-40
ISBN
978-65-86052-44-2
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0