Complicity and Synergy Between Bolsonaro and Brazilian Evangelicals in COVID-19 Times: Adherence to Scientific Negationism for Political-Religious Reasons
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the article discusses how a large part of the Brazilian evangelical churches resorted to informational disorder and disinformation as instruments to deny the severity of the disease. It also discusses how the production, endorsement, and support of false...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer International Publishing
[2020]
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International journal of Latin American religions
Jahr: 2020, Band: 4, Heft: 2, Seiten: 288-317 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bolsonaro, Jair 1955-
/ Brasilien
/ Politik
/ Evangelikale Bewegung
/ COVID-19
/ Pandemie
/ Desinformation
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| RelBib Classification: | KBR Lateinamerika KDG Freikirche KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften ZC Politik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Evangelical Churches
B Jair Messias Bolsonaro B Disinformation B information disorder |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the article discusses how a large part of the Brazilian evangelical churches resorted to informational disorder and disinformation as instruments to deny the severity of the disease. It also discusses how the production, endorsement, and support of false news served to establish a support platform for the President of the Republic of Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, with emphasis on the month of March, when the pandemic hit Brazil, until mid-April 2020, when religious leaders joined Bolsonaro in an Easter celebration. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-020-00124-0 |