“No Cult Tells You to Think for Yourself”: Discursive Ideology and the Limits of Rationality in Conspiracy Theory QAnon
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221091199
Abstract: What is truth in politics? Movements such as the anti-establishment, internet-born conspiracy theory QAnon are offered as dramatic cases of just how “irrational” people have become in a “post-truth” political world. However, with a growing… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy theory; qanon; ideology; cult ... See more keywords
Characterizing QAnon: Analysis of YouTube comments presents new conclusions about a popular conservative conspiracy
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DOI: 10.5210/fm.v26i2.10168
Abstract: QAnon has become an important phenomenon in American politics due to both its relative popularity as well as its adoption/endorsement by political elites. However, this conspiracy theory/social movement has received sparse investigation in the social… read more here.
Keywords: youtube comments; qanon; analysis youtube; regarding qanon ... See more keywords
QAnon and the information dark age
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DOI: 10.5210/fm.v26i2.10868
Abstract: We are entering a dark age for information literacy, an age predicated on a strange reversal of accepted wisdom. Whereas early Internet advocates predicted a utopian age of information access and literacy, the twenty-first century… read more here.
Keywords: qanon; dark age; age; information dark ... See more keywords
Conspiracy, anxiety, ontology: Theorising QAnon
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DOI: 10.5210/fm.v27i5.12618
Abstract: The rise of QAnon presents researchers with a number of important questions. While emerging literature provides insights into how QAnon exists online, there is a dearth of theoretical engagement with the questions of why it… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy anxiety; qanon; anxiety ontology; ontology ... See more keywords