81st Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference: Symbolic Representation and Political Identity: Investigating the Promotion of Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric and Symbols by Political Elites Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

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Symbolic Representation and Political Identity: Investigating the Promotion of Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric and Symbols by Political Elites Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

In Event: Lightning Talk: Public Opinion, Misinformation, and Public Attitudes

Fri, April 5, 3:00 to 4:30pm CDT (3:00 to 4:30pm CDT), TBA

Brief Overview

This project investigates the promotion of dangerous behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, such as vaccine skepticism, by political elites as attempts at reflecting affect and a desire for symbolic representation among certain political identities.

Author

Robert Hadley Brehm, University of Virginia