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A Moral Panic in Reverse? Implicatory Denial and COVID-19 Pre-Crisis Risk Communication in Canada

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Background: This article reverses the conventional logic of moral panics. COVID-19 precrisisrisk communication is conceptualized as a form of implicatory denial that underreactedto COVID-19 in the three months leading up… Click to show full abstract

Background: This article reverses the conventional logic of moral panics. COVID-19 precrisisrisk communication is conceptualized as a form of implicatory denial that underreactedto COVID-19 in the three months leading up to the acute phase of the crisis. Analysis: Connections are established among denial theory; infectious disease crisis communication; and the social, economic, and political implications of underreacting to real world threats over three phases of pre-crisis risk communication. Conclusions and implications: Linking the analysis to the broader literature on the socialorganization of denial highlights the dialectical relationship between the rhetoric of panic and conditions of implicatory denial.Contexte :  Cet article renverse la logique conventionnelle sous-tendant les paniques morales. Il conceptualise la communication du risque qui a eu lieu avant la crise du COVID-19 comme une forme de déni implicite où l’on a réagi mollement contre la pandémie pendant les trois mois précédant le stade le plus intense de la crise. Analyse : Cet article établit, sur trois étapes de la communication du risque précédant la crise, des liens entre les théories sur le déni, la communication de crise pour les maladies infectieuses, et les implications sociales, économiques et politiques de la réaction molle envers une véritable menace. Conclusions et implications : En combinant cette analyse avec la littérature sur l’organisationsociale du déni, cet article met en relief la relation dialectique entre la rhétorique sur la panique et les conditions du déni implicite.

Keywords: implicatory denial; crisis risk; pre crisis; communication; crisis; risk communication

Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Communication
Year Published: 2021

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