Although the institutional model of science communication operated well during the corona-
pandemic, and relevant public institutions (media, science, politics) garnered higher levels …

Covid-19 represented a total social fact, especially for that part of the world (the so-called
Global North and in particular its wealthier component) which is less used to face dramatic …

Conspiracy theories about evil globalist elites and their totalitarian agenda are widespread
in Western societies. Some scholars attribute their popularity to the complexities of …

The paper argues that one of the reasons the suppression of scientific dissent during the
Covid pandemic has been so severe was because the dominant scientific Covid narrative …

This chapter analyses the process involved in enacting broad discursive substantive arenas
in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. In so doing, the chapter highlights the role played …

This chapter examines trends in the coverage and framing of the reporting of refused
knowledge across Italian mainstream newspapers. Taking into consideration the media are …

Western biomedicine and related health agencies and institutions identify a relevant domain
of expertise in (re) configuring the potentialities, meaning and public representations of the …

My thesis is an attempt to deepen the discourse surrounding vaccine hesitancy, or why and
how people choose to delay their acceptance or rejection of vaccinations. I explore this …