意识形态极端主义还是极右态度?意识形态对COVID-19怀疑主义的作用

Q2 Social Sciences

Representation Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/00344893.2022.2134190

Anne Küppers, M. Reiser

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摘要

摘要新冠肺炎怀疑论者认为该病毒是无害的（即不会比偶然的流感更严重）。虽然政治取向似乎在形成这些怀疑立场方面发挥着至关重要的作用，但之前的研究表明，关于新冠肺炎相关信仰与意识形态取向之间关系的研究结果不一致：尽管各种研究发现极右翼态度与新冠肺炎相关信仰之间存在密切联系，其他研究表明，持怀疑态度的观点与意识形态两端的极端主义有关。我们通过调查新冠肺炎怀疑论的潜在意识形态基础，对意识形态取向进行更精细的概念化和衡量，并通过关注一个普遍支持两个意识形态边缘政党的案例，为这场辩论做出贡献。利用2020年秋季在东德图林根地区进行的一项具有代表性的调查数据，我们发现极右翼政治态度与新冠肺炎怀疑论之间存在着强烈的显著联系，意识形态光谱两侧的极端主义与怀疑论之间的联系较弱。

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Ideological Extremism or Far-Right Attitudes? The Role of Ideology for COVID-19 Scepticism

ABSTRACT COVID-19 sceptics view the virus as harmless (i.e., not worse than a casual flu). While political orientation appears to play a crucial role in developing these sceptical positions, previous research showed inconsistent findings on the relationship between COVID-19 related beliefs and ideological orientation: Whereas various studies find close ties between far-right attitudes and COVID-19 related beliefs, other research suggests that sceptical views are linked to extremism on both ends of the ideological spectrum. We contribute to this debate by investigating the underlying ideological foundations of COVID-19 scepticism on a more fine-grained conceptualisation and measurement of ideological orientation and by focusing on a case with a prevalence of support for parties at both ideological fringes. Using data from a representative survey conducted in the East German region of Thuringia in autumn 2020, we show a strong significant link between far-right political attitudes and COVID-19 scepticism, as well as a weaker link between extremism on both sides of the ideological spectrum and scepticism.

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Representation Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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3.50

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期刊介绍： This change in scope follows two paths. Firstly, it seeks contributors who are interested in exploring the interface between democratic practice and theory. In particular, this focus seeks contributions that apply theoretical insights to actual examples of current practice. Secondly, while not neglecting the current focus of the journal, we would like to expand its international coverage so that the journal will offer our readers insights in the state of democracy worldwide.