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The Covid-19 Anti-vaccination Movement in Cyprus: an investigation of its discourses (AMID)

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  • Marilena Paraskeva

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This project examines the speeches articulated in COVID-19 anti-vaccination onsite protests in Cyprus, situating the topic of anti-vaccination within culture wars. Data cover a period of eight months (July 2021 - February 2022) and were collected through attending protests and through selecting past speeches of anti-vaccination protests that are available online in the form of shared videos. The data were analysed in terms of the main topics, the implicit and explicit influences / resources, and the linguistic strategies contained in these speeches. Results reveal that four are the main topics included in these speeches: government / governors / politicians, vaccines / vaccination / (un)vaccinated, measures, and children / parents. In addition, the influences / resources of these speeches derive from the political, religious, social, scientific, and historical spheres / domains, while the linguistic strategies used by speakers involve representations of processes and social actors which include - and exclude thereof - certain actions and ÔdoersÕ in specific ways. Overall, this project bridges the gap caused by both the absence of studies on onsite anti-vaccination protests and the very limited consideration of anti-vaccination discourse in Greek-speaking contexts.

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  • Marilena Paraskeva, 2022. "The Covid-19 Anti-vaccination Movement in Cyprus: an investigation of its discourses (AMID)," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 179, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
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    1. Brian Hughes & Cynthia Miller-Idriss & Rachael Piltch-Loeb & Beth Goldberg & Kesa White & Meili Criezis & Elena Savoia, 2021. "Development of a Codebook of Online Anti-Vaccination Rhetoric to Manage COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-18, July.
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