On the metapragmatics of ‘conspiracy theory’: Scepticism and epistemological debates in online conspiracy comments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.02.010
Abstract: Abstract Conspiracy theories are powerful narratives that can decisively shape people's understandings of the world. Despite a long-standing scholarly interest, however, they have not yet been analysed from the angle of metapragmatics. A metapragmatic approach… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy theory; scepticism epistemological; theory scepticism; metapragmatics conspiracy ... See more keywords