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<p><span>This book provides a careful examination of the discordant narratives that embodied the chaos, tensions, and conflicts in the U.S. pandemic responses. The ultimate goal of this volume is to help groups and individuals understand just what went wrong in the U.S. pandemic responses.</span></p>

<p><span>Introduction: Discordant Narratives and Social Chaos</span></p>
<p><span>Shing-Ling S. Chen</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter One: Economy vs. Public Health: Discordant Leadership Narratives in the Pandemic</span></p>
<p><span>Shing-Ling S. Chen and Zanetta Miller </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Two: Mandates vs. No Mandates: Communitarianism and Libertarianism in the Pandemic</span></p>
<p><span>Melissa L. Beall and Shing-Ling S. Chen </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Three: Religious Freedom vs. Public Health: Discordant Legal Narratives in the Pandemic</span></p>
<p><span>Juliet Dee </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Four: Domestic Disjointed Narratives of the Pandemic: The Critical Early Months</span></p>
<p><span>Rachel Kaplan</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Five: Historical vs. Ahistorical Narratives of The Pandemic: The Discordant Rhetoric of Our Unprecedented Times</span></p>
<p><span>John J. Rief </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Six: Discordant Rhetorical Responses: Crisis Communication in Sports Organizations in the Covid-19 Pandemic</span></p>
<p><span>Tyler Welsh, R. Tyler Spradley, and Elizabeth Spradley</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Seven: Misinformation, Scandalization, and the Trump Show: Audience Responses to President Trump’s Pandemic Narrative</span></p>
<p><span>Kristjan Kikerpill </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter Eight: Manufacturing Disinformation: The Story of Plandemic</span></p>
<p><span>Stephen D. Caldes, Zach Justus, and Jennifer A. Malkowski </span></p>

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<p><span>Shing-Ling S. Chen</span><span> is professor of mass communication in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Northern Iowa.</span></p>
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<p><span>Nicole Allaire</span><span> is associate teaching professor in the Department of English at Iowa State University. </span></p>