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A Social Media Conspiracy Theory Case Study: QAnon

A modern political cult is working the social media system.

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Chris Martin
Jul 27, 2020
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Last week I wrote a piece about how social media inherently lends itself to support the spread of conspiracy theories.

The social internet is designed for like-minded people to share content with each other. Some of the strongest, most frequent triggers that cause us to share a piece of content are intense positive or negative emotions. Conspiracy theor…

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