Characteristics of Conspiracy Theories Leading to Extreme Collective Movements and Interactions

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  • OOYAMA Seima
    Graduate School of Social Informatics, Aoyama Gakuin University

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Other Title
  • 過激な集団的運動へ至る陰謀論とその相互行為的特徴
  • A Case Study on Conspiracy Theory Blogs
  • アブダクションに着目した陰謀論ブログのケーススタディ

Abstract

Post-truth has become a familiar and serious issue. For example, people have been mobilized by a conspiracy theory called “Q anon,” leading to a collective movement. However, psychological research to date has not examined the specific phenomenon of believing in conspiracy theories. We examined conspiracy beliefs from the perspective of abduction using virtual ethnography to examine the relationship between the discourse characteristics of conspiracy theories and interactional characteristics using blog texts. Consequently, it became clear that the conspiracy theories included not only the discourse about the conspiracy organization but also about the existence of opposition to the conspiracy organization, which served as the impetus for the collective movement. In the collective movement, mediums were produced to reach out to the cabal and the opposing entities. Furthermore, various events, such as criticisms of the movement, were interpreted as the result of the medium’s influence on the cabal. The resulting belief in the cabal also led to a new collective movement.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390581148795053824
  • DOI
    10.24525/jaqp.23.1_228
  • ISSN
    24357065
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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