Kryzys wiedzy naukowej i autorytetów w dyskursie sceptyków wobec szczepień przeciw COVID-19
The crisis of scientific knowledge and authority in the discourse of COVID-19 vaccine skeptics

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is an examination of how the crisis of authority/expertise and scientific knowledge manifests itself in the discourse of COVID-19 vaccine skeptics. To this end, the argumentative topoi present in statements referring to medical experts and vaccine recipients, as well as their status in society, were reconstructed. The illustrative material consists of comments written under posts on the official Facebook profile of the Ministry of Health by internet users. The analysis made it possible to outline the main topoi concerning scientific authorities (including medical experts): the topos of unreliable/incompetent experts, the topos of untrue/false experts, the topos of lying experts, and the topos of experts who are dependent (on pharmaceutical companies/ the government), as well as those relating to vaccinated people (the topos of unequal treatment of citizens, the topos of getting vaccinated for benefits and the topos of vaccinated people as a threat).

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