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Coronavirus, Crisis and Culture

Protests, Policing and Mediation during the 2020 Pandemic

Edited by Stuart Price and Ben Harbisher

This volume represents a timely and essential contribution for both scholars and readers of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Whereas the bulk of literary, academic, and investigative coverage of the Pandemic has focussed on factors such as i) maintaining social cohesion, ii) developing a vaccine, iii) fighting fake news, this submission explores the erosion of civil liberties and human rights during the pandemic, the increase of policing and supervisory practices, and the innovative ways in which contemporary social movements have expressed their concerns at the measures governments have put in place.

The volume challenges restrictions placed on freedom of speech, in which contrary opinions to mainstream public discourse have been branded as fake news, disinformation, or conspiratorial. It questions the legitimacy of authoritative voices such as the BBC with regards to the regurgitation of political dogma and the profound lack of investigative reportage therein. The volume examines how new or conventional social movements have responded to the pandemic and how fundamental human and civil rights such as those campaigned for by Black Lives Matter has united people from different backgrounds.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 292 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-5381-6109-8 • Hardback • August 2023 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-1-5381-6110-4 • eBook • July 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Series: Protest, Media and Culture
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice, Social Science / Disease & Health Issues

Stuart Price is Professor of Media and Political Discourse at De Montfort University.

Ben Harbisher is a senior lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Introduction: Public Policy, Protest and COVID-19

Ben Harbisher

Chapter 1: The Free Press under Attack: Police Attacks on theMedia at the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter Protests during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rhon Teruelle

Chapter 2: The Bureaucratisation of Civil Disobedience: What Looks Like Order and What Looks Like Anarchy?

Simon Stevens

Chapter 3: Grassroots Mobilisation against the Politics of Hate: The Case of Sardine in Italy

Emiliana De Blasio and Donatella Selva

Chapter 4: Reigniting a Violent Protest Wave: How the Backlash to the Black Lives Matter Movement and COVID-19 Restrictions Accelerated Radicalisation in a Far-Right Extremist/Antifascist Protest Wave in Portland, Oregon

Leanne C. Serbulo

Chapter 5: The Death of a Movement?: COVID-19 and the Anti-CAA Protests in India

Juhi Jotwani and Shubhda Arora

Chapter 6: When Urban Spaces Sleep, Virtual Activities and Protests Emerge through Social Media: The Cultural Sector in Spain during the COVID-19 Mandatory Lockdown

Jennifer García Carrizo

Chapter 7: Rage against Restrictions on Freedom: The Use of Social Media as Protest Tools by the Spanish Radical Right in the COVID-19 Era

María del Mar Rubio-Hernández, Jorge David Fernández Gómez, Bianca Sánchez-Gutiérrez and Antonio Pineda

Chapter 8: Public Policy, Protest and COVID-19

Ben Harbisher

Chapter 9: Insurrection! The Capitol Riot of January 6, 2021:Temporal Development, Political Hyperbole and the Democracy/State Conflation

Stuart Price

Chapter 10: Distress, Dissent, Control: Some Responses to COVID-19 Lockdown Measures in Sydney, Australia, 2021

Tiania Stevens and Jamie Parr

Chapter 11: Are Hate Speech and Fake News Contributing to Police Brutality in Nigeria?: A Study of the #End-SARS Protest

Jennifer Amapamoere Ere-Mendie

Chapter 12: Constable Dixon and the Lockdown of Dock Green

Richard Fern

About the Contributors

Index

Coronavirus, Crisis and Culture: Protests, Policing and Mediation During the 2020 Pandemic by Ben Harbisher and Stuart Price is a remarkable exploration of the social and cultural dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing thought-provoking analysis of its impact on culture and politics. The book does an excellent job of examining the significant consequences of mass communication during a major global crisis and provides an insightful analysis of how social media and technology were used to challenge governments and the mainstream media. It is a must-read for all those grappling with the deep impact of the pandemic on society.


— Fernanda Amaral, University of Nottingham


Coronavirus, Crisis and Culture

Protests, Policing and Mediation during the 2020 Pandemic

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • This volume represents a timely and essential contribution for both scholars and readers of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Whereas the bulk of literary, academic, and investigative coverage of the Pandemic has focussed on factors such as i) maintaining social cohesion, ii) developing a vaccine, iii) fighting fake news, this submission explores the erosion of civil liberties and human rights during the pandemic, the increase of policing and supervisory practices, and the innovative ways in which contemporary social movements have expressed their concerns at the measures governments have put in place.

    The volume challenges restrictions placed on freedom of speech, in which contrary opinions to mainstream public discourse have been branded as fake news, disinformation, or conspiratorial. It questions the legitimacy of authoritative voices such as the BBC with regards to the regurgitation of political dogma and the profound lack of investigative reportage therein. The volume examines how new or conventional social movements have responded to the pandemic and how fundamental human and civil rights such as those campaigned for by Black Lives Matter has united people from different backgrounds.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 292 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-5381-6109-8 • Hardback • August 2023 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
    978-1-5381-6110-4 • eBook • July 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    Series: Protest, Media and Culture
    Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice, Social Science / Disease & Health Issues
Author
Author
  • Stuart Price is Professor of Media and Political Discourse at De Montfort University.

    Ben Harbisher is a senior lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Public Policy, Protest and COVID-19

    Ben Harbisher

    Chapter 1: The Free Press under Attack: Police Attacks on theMedia at the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter Protests during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Rhon Teruelle

    Chapter 2: The Bureaucratisation of Civil Disobedience: What Looks Like Order and What Looks Like Anarchy?

    Simon Stevens

    Chapter 3: Grassroots Mobilisation against the Politics of Hate: The Case of Sardine in Italy

    Emiliana De Blasio and Donatella Selva

    Chapter 4: Reigniting a Violent Protest Wave: How the Backlash to the Black Lives Matter Movement and COVID-19 Restrictions Accelerated Radicalisation in a Far-Right Extremist/Antifascist Protest Wave in Portland, Oregon

    Leanne C. Serbulo

    Chapter 5: The Death of a Movement?: COVID-19 and the Anti-CAA Protests in India

    Juhi Jotwani and Shubhda Arora

    Chapter 6: When Urban Spaces Sleep, Virtual Activities and Protests Emerge through Social Media: The Cultural Sector in Spain during the COVID-19 Mandatory Lockdown

    Jennifer García Carrizo

    Chapter 7: Rage against Restrictions on Freedom: The Use of Social Media as Protest Tools by the Spanish Radical Right in the COVID-19 Era

    María del Mar Rubio-Hernández, Jorge David Fernández Gómez, Bianca Sánchez-Gutiérrez and Antonio Pineda

    Chapter 8: Public Policy, Protest and COVID-19

    Ben Harbisher

    Chapter 9: Insurrection! The Capitol Riot of January 6, 2021:Temporal Development, Political Hyperbole and the Democracy/State Conflation

    Stuart Price

    Chapter 10: Distress, Dissent, Control: Some Responses to COVID-19 Lockdown Measures in Sydney, Australia, 2021

    Tiania Stevens and Jamie Parr

    Chapter 11: Are Hate Speech and Fake News Contributing to Police Brutality in Nigeria?: A Study of the #End-SARS Protest

    Jennifer Amapamoere Ere-Mendie

    Chapter 12: Constable Dixon and the Lockdown of Dock Green

    Richard Fern

    About the Contributors

    Index

Reviews
Reviews
  • Coronavirus, Crisis and Culture: Protests, Policing and Mediation During the 2020 Pandemic by Ben Harbisher and Stuart Price is a remarkable exploration of the social and cultural dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing thought-provoking analysis of its impact on culture and politics. The book does an excellent job of examining the significant consequences of mass communication during a major global crisis and provides an insightful analysis of how social media and technology were used to challenge governments and the mainstream media. It is a must-read for all those grappling with the deep impact of the pandemic on society.


    — Fernanda Amaral, University of Nottingham


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