Edited by Antony Palackal, formerly Professor and Head of Sociology, University of Kerala, Kerala, India, N.B. Lekha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, S.N. College, Chempazhanthy, University of Kerala, India, André Sica de Campos, Associate Professor in Public Policy, School of Applied Sciences, UNICAMP, Brazil, Janaina Pamplona da Costa, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Department of Science and Technology Policy, UNICAMP, Brazil and Wesley Shrum, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, USA

‘One of very few truly international volumes about this international pandemic, with voices from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.’

• Contents1 Introduction: futility or paradox? The secret of COVID 1Wesley Shrum2 Experts, knowledge and social practices: attitudes towards COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina 17Sosiuk Ezequiel and Kreimer Pablo3 Living in times of coronavirus: relationships, information, and perceptions during the pandemic in Mexico 39Leandro Rodriguez Medina, Ana Pandal de la Peza, and Lucas Galanakis4 Crescent crossroads: navigating locative fears and COVID-19 perceptions in Türkiye 64Cihan Aydiner, Hasan Bilgin, and Emre Dikici5 COVID-19 in the Brazilian context: factors influencing preventive measures in pandemic response 85André Sica de Campos, Janaina Pamplona da Costa and Johan Poker6 (Dis)trust and COVID-19 in an American context: political identity and attitudes towards information sources 109Paige Miller and Wesley Shrum7 Navigating precautionary measures: public attitudes and actions during COVID-19 in Ghana 130John K. Aggrey and Nana O. Asiamah8 Unmasking the infodemic: fear, information, and pandemic response in Kerala, India 157 N.B. Lekha and Antony Palackal9 Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: voices of the victims 179Paul N. Mbatia and Gladys Nyachieo10 Public trust, skepticism, and collective resistance: exploring early COVID-19 responses in China 203Xiaoxu Yang11 Conclusion: pandemic paradoxes ‒ landscape of precaution beyond COVID 219Antony PalackalIndex 228

Edited by Antony Palackal, formerly Professor and Head of Sociology, University of Kerala, Kerala, India, N.B. Lekha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, S.N. College, Chempazhanthy, University of Kerala, India, André Sica de Campos, Associate Professor in Public Policy, School of Applied Sciences, UNICAMP, Brazil, Janaina Pamplona da Costa, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Department of Science and Technology Policy, UNICAMP, Brazil and Wesley Shrum, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, USA

‘One of very few truly international volumes about this international pandemic, with voices from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.’

• Contents1 Introduction: futility or paradox? The secret of COVID 1Wesley Shrum2 Experts, knowledge and social practices: attitudes towards COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina 17Sosiuk Ezequiel and Kreimer Pablo3 Living in times of coronavirus: relationships, information, and perceptions during the pandemic in Mexico 39Leandro Rodriguez Medina, Ana Pandal de la Peza, and Lucas Galanakis4 Crescent crossroads: navigating locative fears and COVID-19 perceptions in Türkiye 64Cihan Aydiner, Hasan Bilgin, and Emre Dikici5 COVID-19 in the Brazilian context: factors influencing preventive measures in pandemic response 85André Sica de Campos, Janaina Pamplona da Costa and Johan Poker6 (Dis)trust and COVID-19 in an American context: political identity and attitudes towards information sources 109Paige Miller and Wesley Shrum7 Navigating precautionary measures: public attitudes and actions during COVID-19 in Ghana 130John K. Aggrey and Nana O. Asiamah8 Unmasking the infodemic: fear, information, and pandemic response in Kerala, India 157 N.B. Lekha and Antony Palackal9 Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: voices of the victims 179Paul N. Mbatia and Gladys Nyachieo10 Public trust, skepticism, and collective resistance: exploring early COVID-19 responses in China 203Xiaoxu Yang11 Conclusion: pandemic paradoxes ‒ landscape of precaution beyond COVID 219Antony PalackalIndex 228

Edited by Antony Palackal, formerly Professor and Head of Sociology, University of Kerala, Kerala, India, N.B. Lekha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, S.N. College, Chempazhanthy, University of Kerala, India, André Sica de Campos, Associate Professor in Public Policy, School of Applied Sciences, UNICAMP, Brazil, Janaina Pamplona da Costa, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Department of Science and Technology Policy, UNICAMP, Brazil and Wesley Shrum, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, USA

‘One of very few truly international volumes about this international pandemic, with voices from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.’

• Contents1 Introduction: futility or paradox? The secret of COVID 1Wesley Shrum2 Experts, knowledge and social practices: attitudes towards COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina 17Sosiuk Ezequiel and Kreimer Pablo3 Living in times of coronavirus: relationships, information, and perceptions during the pandemic in Mexico 39Leandro Rodriguez Medina, Ana Pandal de la Peza, and Lucas Galanakis4 Crescent crossroads: navigating locative fears and COVID-19 perceptions in Türkiye 64Cihan Aydiner, Hasan Bilgin, and Emre Dikici5 COVID-19 in the Brazilian context: factors influencing preventive measures in pandemic response 85André Sica de Campos, Janaina Pamplona da Costa and Johan Poker6 (Dis)trust and COVID-19 in an American context: political identity and attitudes towards information sources 109Paige Miller and Wesley Shrum7 Navigating precautionary measures: public attitudes and actions during COVID-19 in Ghana 130John K. Aggrey and Nana O. Asiamah8 Unmasking the infodemic: fear, information, and pandemic response in Kerala, India 157 N.B. Lekha and Antony Palackal9 Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: voices of the victims 179Paul N. Mbatia and Gladys Nyachieo10 Public trust, skepticism, and collective resistance: exploring early COVID-19 responses in China 203Xiaoxu Yang11 Conclusion: pandemic paradoxes ‒ landscape of precaution beyond COVID 219Antony PalackalIndex 228