Conspiracy Theories Have Much in Common. Their Differences May Hold the Key to Identifying When They Turn Violent.

Yasmin Green, William Marcellino

ResearchPosted on rand.org Dec 22, 2021Published in: Jigsaw website (2021)

In a study led by researchers at the RAND Corporation, the team conducted a modeling effort to analyze conspiracy theory discourse at scale, ultimately analyzing 150,000 social media posts covering four popular conspiracy theories—alien visitation, white genocide, COVID origin, and anti-vaccination.

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  • Copyright: Jigsaw
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2021
  • Pages: 1
  • Document Number: EP-68794

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