Rallying Around or Keeping Distance?: Reactions to Angela Merkel's Coronavirus Address to the Nation in Print and Social Media.
This article centers on former Chancellor Angela Merkel's major standalone televised address to the nation—her coronavirus speech during the initial phase of the covid-19 pandemic—and reactions to it in mainstream German newspapers and among social media users. Employing a case study approach, we in...
| Publicado en: | German Politics & Society Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 71 - 93 |
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Spring2025
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