Was steckt denn nun wirklich hinter diesem Impfzwang? Sprachliche Konstruktion der Impfverschwörung in der Debatte über die Masernimpfpflicht in Deutschland
“What really lies behind the compulsory vaccination?” The construction of the anti-vaccine conspiracy theories in the debate about the compulsory measles vaccination in Germany

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the construction of the anti-vaccine conspiracy theories in a corpus of You-Tube comments on the compulsory measles vaccination in Germany between March and September 2019. Starting from the assumption that the anti-vaccine conspiracy theories can be seen as a form of vaccine scepticism or lack of trust, the article explores the linguistic aspects of this conspiracy theory using the methods of the topos analysis and discourse-analytical approach to trust. The analysis shows that the language of YouTube comments does not contain elements of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

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