{"title":"Lost in the Information Maze: Understanding the Multiple Drivers of QAnon Online Conspiracy Theories","authors":"Jaigris Hodson, Chandell Gosse","doi":"10.3138/cjc.2022-07-26","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The conspiracy community known as QAnon rose to prominence in the mainstream media over the last several years. To curb its spread, social media platforms have blocked QAnon-related activity. Analysis: This article demonstrates why QAnon cannot be addressed as a problem of information. Instead, it argues in favour of an ecological approach, which highlights the forces that make people vulnerable to QAnon-related conspiracies and other types of misinformation. Conclusion and implications: This article demonstrates why QAnon cannot be addressed as a problem of information. Instead, it argues in favour of an ecological approach.","PeriodicalId":45663,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Journal of Communication","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-07-26","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: The conspiracy community known as QAnon rose to prominence in the mainstream media over the last several years. To curb its spread, social media platforms have blocked QAnon-related activity. Analysis: This article demonstrates why QAnon cannot be addressed as a problem of information. Instead, it argues in favour of an ecological approach, which highlights the forces that make people vulnerable to QAnon-related conspiracies and other types of misinformation. Conclusion and implications: This article demonstrates why QAnon cannot be addressed as a problem of information. Instead, it argues in favour of an ecological approach.
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