Academics

, 275

Ad hominem attacks

, 176–177

Agricultural capitalism

, 8–10

Alternative media

, 223

Amazon

, 266–267

online shopping business

, 46

Animalisation

, 176

Anti-Semitism

, 168–169

Anti-social media’s individualism

, 278

Anti-vaccination movement

, 93, 146

Apple (information communication platform providers)

, 266–267

AstraZeneca

, 14

Authoritarian capitalism

, 93

Autism

, 146–147

vaccines and

, 210–215

Avian influenza

, 119–120

Barbarism

, 38–39, 60–61

Bet-David, Patrick

, 152–153

Betacoronavirus

, 100

Bezos, Jeff

, 46

Big pharma

, 104–105

Bill Gates conspiracy theories

COVID-19 conspiracy theories as ideology

, 133–139

critique of philanthrocapitalism and critique of conspiracy ideology

, 140–144

determinism

, 116–130

findings

, 98, 130, 133

friend/enemy scheme and violence

, 103–108

Global Health

, 92–94

methodology

, 94–97

personalisation

, 101–103

rational irrationality

, 108–116

sampling of relevant artefacts

, 95–96

secret domination and concealment

, 98–101

Biologisation

, 176

BioNTech

, 14

Bird flu. See Avian influenza

Blackboard Collaborate

, 33

Bolsonaro, Jair

, 4

Boris Johnson’s social Darwinism

, 28–32

Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and false COVID-19 news

, 81–86

Buttar, Rashid A.

, 99, 101, 105, 108, 120, 122

Capital concentration

, 175–176

Capitalism

, 68–69, 145–146, 168–169, 272

agricultural

, 8–10

class relations in pandemic times

, 12–13

communication in pandemic times

, 16

COVID-19 and

, 7–15

global spread of SARS-COV-2

, 10

globalisation and de-globalisation

, 12

governance

, 10–11

ideology

, 11–12

places

, 50–51

points of change

, 10

vaccine capitalism and nationalism

, 14–15

Capitalist

deforestation

, 8

entanglements

, 143

globalization

, 43–44

interests

, 142

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

, 105

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

, 79

Chef Pete Evans

, 154

Cheltenham festival

, 28–29

Chief executive officers (CEOs)

, 12, 92

Children in coronavirus crisis

, 53–56

China

and Joe Biden

, 218–221

virus

, 215–218

Chloroquine

, 227–228

Class relations in pandemic times

, 12–13

Class society

, 39, 56, 267

Clinton, Hillary

, 194

Club 2

, 278

Club 2.0

, 278

COINTELPRO

, 68

Commodification of health sector

, 142

Commodity fetishism

, 168–169

Commontopia

, 275, 279, 281

Communication. See also Digital communication

, 32, 275, 281

of conspiracy theories

, 75–76

of coronavirus conspiracy stories and false news

, 76–87

COVID-19

, 1–2, 16

five types of means

, 25

networks

, 27

in pandemic times

, 16

power

, 273–274

technologies

, 19–20, 59

Concealment

, 155

Conspiracy ideology, critique of

, 140–144

Conspiracy theories

, 11–12, 63, 65, 76, 155, 158, 168–169, 194, 196, 217–218, 267–268, 271–272

Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and false COVID-19 news

, 81–86

communication of

, 75–76

communication of coronavirus conspiracy stories and false news

, 76–87

definitions

, 65–68

determinism

, 74–75

elements of

, 68–76

friend/enemy scheme

, 69–70

ideology

, 63–65

nationalism, fascism, war

, 86–87

personalisation

, 68–69

rational irrationality

, 72–73

secret domination and concealment

, 68

types of false COVID-19 news

, 78–81

violence

, 70–71

Conspiracy thinking

, 70

Content analysis

, 160–163

Coronavirus capitalism

Boris Johnson’s social Darwinism

, 28–32

children, youth and (E-)learning in coronavirus crisis

, 53–56

coronavirus, risk society, class society

, 39–56

coronavirus crisis as deceleration of everyday life

, 27–28

critical infrastructures

, 42–45

global cities and rural areas in coronavirus crisis

, 56–57

Lefebvre’s distinction between lived and living

, 22

most vulnerable

, 40

overburdening of individual

, 36–38

radical transformation of space-time of everyday life in coronavirus crisis

, 33–36

social distancing

, 32–33

social distancing of old, weak and ill individuals

, 52–53

social murder of workers in coronavirus crisis

, 45–52

social space, everyday life and everyday communication in coronavirus crisis

, 19–28

socialism or barbarism

, 38–39, 60–61

working class in coronavirus crisis

, 40–42

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

, 2, 17, 39, 56, 99, 203, 224–225

and capitalism

, 7–15

and class structures

, 59–60

communicating

, 1–2

conspiracy theories

, 63, 130, 146, 268–269

crisis

, 34, 37–38, 91, 93

as ideology

, 133–139

infection and death statistics

, 3

pandemic

, 145–146

SARS-COV-2 and

, 2–5

testing

, 241–244

vaccines

, 93

Corr, Jim

, 151

Countervailing measures

, 5–6

Criminonyms

, 113, 176, 233

Crisis

, 93

of democracy

, 5

Critical discourse analysis (CDA)

, 204

Critical infrastructures

, 42–45

Criticism

, 179–186

Crude economism

, 167

Cruz, Rafael

, 194

Cultural crisis

, 5, 7

CureVac

, 14

De-globalisation

, 12

Deltacoronavirus

, 100

Determinism

, 74–75, 116, 130, 158, 172, 176

Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act)

, 202

Digital

corporations

, 45–46

creativity

, 277–278

fascism

, 104–105

participation

, 277–278

public service

, 274

technologies

, 52–53

Digital communication

commontopia

, 275–281

everyday life and everyday communication in pandemic times

, 263–275

Digitalisation

, 32–33

Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough [pertussis] (DTaP)

, 212–213

Discord

, 33

Dry cough

, 17

(E-)learning in coronavirus crisis

, 53–56

Eating meat

, 79

Ebola

, 9–10

Economic crisis

, 5, 7

Econonym

, 113

Egalitarians

, 265–266

Epidemics

, 216, 264

Erdoğan, Recep

, 4

European Union (EU)

, 109, 147, 275–276

Everyday communication

in coronavirus crisis

, 19, 23, 26, 28

in pandemic times

, 263–275

Everyday life

in coronavirus crisis

, 19, 23, 26, 28

coronavirus crisis as deceleration of

, 27–28

in pandemic times

, 263–275

radical transformation of space-time of

, 33–36

Existential crises

, 34

Export Comments

, 154–155

Extreme tiredness

, 17

Face-to-face communication

, 24–27

Facebook

, 94, 97, 266–267, 272–273

Fake news

, 222–223

False COVID-19 news

Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh and

, 81–86

types

, 78–81

False news

, 77–78

stories

, 194–196

Fascism

, 71, 86–87

Fear of illness

, 267

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

, 68

Fever

, 17

5G wireless networks

, 79

Flexibilisation

, 32–33

Frankfurt School critical theory

, 63

Friend/enemy scheme

, 69–70, 155, 163, 167, 176

and violence

, 103–108

Gammacoronavirus

, 100

Gates Foundations

, 140

General Temporal Theory

, 281

Gini index

, 202–203

Global cities in coronavirus crisis

, 56–57

Global crisis

, 5

Global Health Watch

, 140

Globalisation

, 12, 32–33

Google

, 266–267

Google doc

, 228–229

Governance

, 10–11

Government measures

, 60

Greedy sack

, 167

Harvey, David

, 8–9, 19

Health crisis

, 5, 7

Herd immunity

, 30

Hidden sinister plan

, 68

Hildmann, Attila

, 153–154

Home

, 35–36

Houseworkers

, 37

Human capital

, 123–124

Human Development Index (HDI)

, 6

Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)

, 101–102

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

, 110–111

Humanist politics

, 264–265

Humanitarian refugee crisis

, 5

Humans

, 32

Humour

, 186

Satire and

, 179–180

Hydroxychloroquine

, 225–229

Ideological Square Model’s strategies

, 165–166

Ideological tools

, 269

Ideologonym

, 113

Ideology

, 11–12, 63, 65

COVID-19 conspiracy theories as

, 133–139

Illuminati

, 169–170

Individual, overburdening of

, 36–38

Individualisation

, 32–33

Individualism

, 278

Information communication platform providers

, 266–267

InfoWars

, 122–124

Ingraham Angle, The

, 152

Internet

, 27, 75–76, 272–273, 275, 281

Internetopia

, 277–278

Irrational

claims

, 172–173

reactions

, 87

Jebsen, Ken

, 103, 105, 124, 130

Jewish disease

, 216

Jitsi

, 33

Joe Biden, China and

, 218–221

Johnson & Johnson

, 14

Johnson, Boris

, 4

Killer vaccines

, 103

Laissez-faire approach

, 28–29

Laura Ingraham Show, The

, 152

Lefebvre, Henri

, 19

Liberal media

, 222, 272–273

Locales

, 35

Lockdown

, 5–6, 91, 264–266

Trump’s opposition to

, 237–241

Logical fallacy of hasty generalisation

, 126–127

Mail-in votes

, 229–234

Mainstream media

, 223

Martin, David E.

, 118–119

Marxian theory

, 68–69

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

, 115

McCarthyism

, 193

Media

, 275–281

exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy

, 221–223

and Trump Rallies

, 234–237

Mediation

, 33

Medical progress

, 213

MERS-CoV

, 119–120

Metaphors of natural disasters

, 233

Microsoft Office

, 92, 266–267

Militarionym

, 113

MMRV vaccine

, 210–212

Mobile phone networks

, 27

Moderna

, 14

Modi, Narendra

, 4

Moneyed aristocracy

, 104–105

Monopolisation

, 175–176

Moral crisis

, 5, 7

Moral–political problems

, 183

Mysticism

, 70

Nationalism

, 86–87

Natural disasters, metaphors of

, 233

Negative consequences

, 183

Neoliberal

capitalism

, 93

crisis

, 37–38

political strategies

, 34

privatisation

, 141–142

strategies

, 42

Neoliberalisation

, 32–33

Neoliberalism

, 60

9/11 attack

, 5

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

, 163–164

Obama, Barack

, 194

Overburdening individuals, danger of

, 59

Pandemic times

communicating COVID-19

, 1–2

COVID-19 and capitalism

, 7–15

everyday life and everyday communication in

, 263–275

health crisis, economic crisis, political crisis, cultural crisis, moral crisis

, 5–7

SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19

, 2–5

Pandemics

, 216, 264

Panopto

, 33

Pathologonyms

, 233

Pediarix

, 210–212

Persecutory anxiety

, 70–71

Personalisation

, 68–69, 101, 103, 155, 167, 172

Pfizer

, 14

Philanthrocapitalism, critique of

, 140–144

Physical proximity

, 37

Pizzagate

, 94–97

Plandemic

, 94, 97, 101, 103, 148, 151

Plandemic 2 (Indoctrination)

, 108, 114, 118, 120

Points of change

, 10

Policy power

, 142–143

Political action, calls to

, 177–179

Political crisis

, 5, 7

PolitiFact

, 219

Politionym

, 113

Post hoc

, 212–213

Privatisation

, 39–40

ProQuad

, 210–212

Protective measures

, 40

Public health measures

, 18

Public service Internet platform

, 275–276

Public service media (PSM)

, 272–274, 276–277

PublicServiceTube

, 277–278

Putin, Vladimir

, 4

QAnon

conspiracy theory

, 79, 268–269

movement

, 93–94, 97

Quantum computing

, 281

Radical transformation of space-time of everyday life

, 33–36

Radically neoliberal society

, 30–31

Rational irrationality

, 72–73, 108, 113–114, 116, 158, 172, 176

Patrick Bet-David’s interview with Rashid Buttar

, 114–116

Plandemic 2 (Indoctrination)

, 108, 114, 118, 120

Rationality

of capital accumulation

, 272

of irrationality

, 113

Religionyms/moralonyms

, 176

Repression

, 155–158

Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

, 100

Right-wing conspiracy theories

, 168–169

Right-wing ideology

, 163–164, 229

Right-wing leaders

, 4

Risk society

, 39–56

Rosa, Hartmut

, 27

Rural areas in coronavirus crisis

, 56–57

SARS

, 119–120

SARS-CoV-2

, 17–18, 87, 101–102, 104–105, 146, 217–218, 263–264, 270–271

and COVID-19

, 2–5

global spread of

, 10

Sather, Jordan

, 98, 116, 118

Satire and humour

, 179–180

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)

, 31–32

Secret domination

, 68, 155

Secret world domination

, 167–172

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

, 99

Shortness of breath

, 17

Shutdown

, 264–265

Skype

, 33

Social Darwinism

, 18–19, 28, 32

Social distancing. See also Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

, 5–6, 32–33, 37, 58, 91, 264–266

of old, weak and ill individuals

, 52–53

Social media

, 75–76

attention and visibility

, 273–274

Social murder

, 50

of workers in coronavirus crisis

, 45–52

Social space

, 34–35

in coronavirus crisis

, 19, 21, 28

Socialism

, 38–39, 60–61

Socialist crisis

, 37

Society

, 275–281

Solidarity

, 269–270

Space-time

, 35

Spanish flu

, 216

State action

, 155–158

Swine flu

, 119–120

Tabloid media

, 222–223

Technocracy and instrumental reason

, 143

Telegram

, 33

Thatcherism

, 30–31

Theory of space

, 19

TikTok

, 94–97

Tönnies Holding

, 48

Trump, Donald

, 4, 270–271

China and Joe Biden

, 218–221

China virus

, 215–218

COVID-19 testing

, 241–244

and COVID-19

, 191, 224–225

election fraud conspiracy theory tweets

, 197

hydroxychloroquine

, 225–229

legacy

, 198–203

mail-in votes

, 229–234

media and Trump Rallies

, 234–237

media exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy

, 221–223

methodology

, 203–204

sample of 19 Trump Tweets

, 205–209

Trump’s opposition to lockdowns

, 237–241

Trump’s policies

, 201–203

Trump’s reaction to and management of COVID-19 pandemic

, 244–248

tweet by Donald Trump containing fabricated

, 195

on Twitter

, 192–193

vaccines and autism

, 210–215

voted for Trump

, 198

World Health Organization

, 248–256

Twitter

, 94, 97, 272–273

China and Joe Biden

, 218–221

China virus

, 215–218

COVID-19 testing

, 241–244

and COVID-19

, 191, 224–225

Donald Trump on

, 192–193

election fraud conspiracy theory tweets

, 197

hydroxychloroquine

, 225–229

legacy

, 198–203

mail-in votes

, 229–234

media and Trump Rallies

, 234–237

media exaggerate as part of anti-Trump conspiracy

, 221–223

methodology

, 203–204

sample of 19 Trump Tweets

, 205–209

Trump’s opposition to lockdowns

, 237–241

Trump’s policies

, 201–203

Trump’s reaction to and management of COVID-19 pandemic

, 244–248

tweet by Donald Trump containing fabricated

, 195

vaccines and autism

, 210–215

voted for Trump

, 198

World Health Organization

, 248–256

Typology of social space

, 19–20

United Nations (UN)

, 203–204

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

, 54–55

Universal commodification

, 39–40

Urbanisation

, 8

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

, 227–228

Users’ reactions to Covid-19 conspiracy

calls to political action

, 177–179

coding scheme utilised in conducted

, 156–157

content analysis

, 160–163

criticism

, 179–186

data analysis

, 154–159

demonstration of moral–political problems and negative consequences

, 183

determinism and rational irrationality

, 172–176

findings

, 160–186

friend/enemy scheme

, 163–167

immanent critique of logic of argumentation

, 183–184

methodology

, 148–159

personalisation and secret world domination

, 167–172

questioning of underlying ideological motivation

, 184–186

references to empirical data and reality

, 180–182

Satire and humour

, 179–180

verbal attacks and calls for violence

, 176–177

Vaccine

and autism

, 210–215

capitalism

, 14–15

nationalism

, 14–15

Value

, 168–169

Valuetainment

, 152–153

Verbal attacks and calls for violence

, 176–177

Video communication software

, 33

Vimeo

, 94–97

Violence

, 70–71, 155, 158

friend/enemy scheme and

, 103–108

verbal attacks and calls for

, 176–177

Virus

, 78, 87, 215–216

War

, 86–87

Wearing masks

, 5–6, 266

WhatsApp

, 33

Work from home

, 45

Working class in coronavirus crisis

, 40–42

Workplace

, 32–33

World Economic Crisis

, 5, 93

World Health Organization (WHO)

, 2, 4, 18, 98, 203–204, 248, 256, 270–271

World society

, 264

World Trade Organization

, 201

Xenophobia

, 219–220

Youth in coronavirus crisis

, 53–56

YouTube

, 94, 97, 272–273

Zoom

, 33, 45–46, 266–267