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This project ethnographically studies the role of media in the lives of conspiracy theorists, examining their media consumption, technology use, and interpretation of content. It aims to understand how these factors contribute to the spread of alternative knowledge.
The question of truth receives much societal attention today as fake news, alternative facts and conspiracy theories seem everywhere.
People speak in alarmed terms about filter bubbles, echo chambers, the distrust of official knowledge and the dawn of a post-truth era.
The contemporary media landscape plays an important role in the rise and spread of these alternative forms of knowledge, but how is largely unknown.
Wishing to delve deeper than current media hypes and moral panics allow for, I pr…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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