Conspiracy theories are hardly a modern affliction: think of the JFK assassination or the long history of UFO sightings. Yet the internet is often said to have ushered in a 'post-truth' era, with social media, in particular, allowing for the spread o
When it came to five conspiracies regarding COVID-19, researchers found no evidence of increased beliefs in repeated polls between March 2020, June of the same year, and May 2021.
That might seem relatively low, but when researchers asked less specific questions, up to 50 percent of American believed aspects of the QAnon conspiracy, like the existence of a 'deep state' or elite sex traffickers.Interestingly enough, these beliefs remained relatively constant throughout the global pandemic and the 2020 US election cycle.
The findings suggest that 'newer' conspiracy theories are not attracting more believers than they did in the past, even with the internet acting as a megaphone for misinformation.
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