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Political Polarization and COVID-19 Avoidance (1B)

The first post in this series on political polarization and the COVID-19 pandemic. It focused on the reactions of right-wing populism toward public health guidelines that recommended various ways to combat the spread of the coronavirus. I then noted that I thought the research did not pay enough attention to the communication and information ecology played in explaining the behavior of right-wing populists. Since that post, several very recent papers deal with issues related to the first paper. I highlight three papers that flesh out the analysis contained in the first post.

What masks social conservatism’s reluctance to adhere to pandemic guidelines?

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