Prophets, puppets, and pinheads: Contesting the authority of science in the COVID-19 era.
conspiracies
postmodernism
public attitudes
scientific authority
scientism
Journal
Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)
ISSN: 1361-6609
Titre abrégé: Public Underst Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306503
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
medline:
5
10
2023
pubmed:
24
4
2023
entrez:
24
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This article studies resemblances between academic postmodernism and today's popular contestations of the authority of science by means of a qualitative content analysis of 657 critical online comments on a Belgian newspaper article about the COVID-19 crisis that features a prominent Belgian virologist. The comments portray scientists as (1)
Identifiants
pubmed: 37092678
doi: 10.1177/09636625231165726
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng