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A novel Covid-19 virus initially threatens the Chinese metropolis of Wu-Han and has been causing a global pandemic in 2020. In order to impede the spread of the virus and thus relieve the burden on the respective health care systems, governments around the world are being forced to impose unprecedented restrictions on social life. In addition to closing all forms of public life and cancelling all public events, the measures taken in Austria also include an initial restriction for the individual to stay at home. From an economic-psychological point of view, the decision to comply with these measures can be described as a social dilemma. The individual would profit from defection but at the expense of the general public. The Federal Government must therefore provide appropriate incentives to convince citizens to still comply either through trust or sanctions. Using the example of Austria, this article examines how the emergence of the crisis is first perceived, which communication strategies are used to motivate citizens to comply and why citizens sometimes react with supposedly irrational actions.

The coronavirus pandemic imposes major challenges for both the population and political actors. Measures to contain the pandemic must be communicated in such a way that they motivate to persevere. However there is now great resistance in parts of the population. From the perspective of social- and communication psychology, the present contribution considers the reasons for the formatting of two camps within the Federal Republic of Germany - in relation to the lateral thinker movement and the federal government. The focus is on the differences between the two groups' points of view, the resulting communication problems, and the group dynamics that lead to aggressive outbursts, especially in the Querdenker-movement. Finally, we discuss how these communication breakdowns can be resolved.

Intro -- Was Sie in diesem essential finden können -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Chronologie der Ereignisse -- 1.1 Kein Grund zur Sorge -- 1.2 Unvorbereitet in Gefahr -- 1.3 Entwicklung der Krise auf gesellschaftlichen Ebenen -- 2 Beginn der Krise -- 2.1 Beginn der Krise auf Mikroebene -- 2.1.1 Angst -- 2.1.2 Soziale Vorstellungen -- 2.1.3 Entscheidungen -- 2.2 Beginn der Krise auf Mesoebene -- 2.2.1 Bewältigungsstrategien -- 2.2.2 Moral und Trittbrettfahren -- 2.3 Beginn der Krise auf Makroebene -- 2.3.1 Wir-Gefühl -- 2.3.2 Akzeptanz der Maßnahmen -- 3 Leben in Zeiten der Krise -- 3.1 Verhalten auf Mikroebene -- 3.1.1 Soziale Gewohnheiten -- 3.1.2 Anpassungsstrategien -- 3.1.3 Soziale Vergleiche und Normen -- 3.2 Dynamik auf Mesoebene -- 3.2.1 Arbeit und Konsum -- 3.2.2 Gerechtigkeit -- 3.3 Interaktion auf Makroebene -- 3.3.1 Motivation -- 3.3.2 Kooperation -- 3.3.3 Vertrauen und Steuerehrlichkeit -- 4 Reparatur, Rückschau und Ausblick -- 4.1 Schuldzuweisung und Verschwörungstheorien -- 4.2 Bewertung und Rückschau -- 4.3 Gesundheitsschutz als Voraussetzung für die Wirtschaft -- 4.4 Klare Regeln oder libertärer Paternalismus -- 4.5 Globale Krisen - globales Handeln -- 4.6 Krise als Chance -- 4.7 Aufbruch in eine bessere Welt? -- Was Sie aus diesem essential mitnehmen können -- Literatur.