Watching hundreds of videos of the 'Flat Earth Theory' What is the 'conspiracy theory strategy that goes into the hearts of people' found in hellish research?
It seems common sense that the earth is round, but there are a certain number of people in the world who do not doubt the
EXPRESS: Disinformation and Echo Chambers: How Disinformation Circulates in Social Media Through Identity-Driven Controversies --Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Tomas Nilsson,
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I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread – and what it could mean for fighting disinformation
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A survey conducted in April 2022 found that 11% of Americans think that the earth may be flat. Hearing a conspiracy theory like the Flat Earth theory can be dismissed as a joke, but in a gunfire incident that occurred in May 2022 and killed 10 people, the criminal man said, 'The white area Conspiracy theories can sometimes have dangerous consequences, such as the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which claims to be hijacked by non-whites. Also in Japan, a member of YamatoQ , an anti-vaccine group that believes in QAnon, broke into the vaccination site in Tokyo and was arrested for the current offense.
Carlos Diaz Lewis, who studies consumer sentiment at Hanken University of Economics in Finland, and Thomas Nilson, who studies marketing at Linnaeus University in the country, to unravel the techniques by which conspirators draw the audience into the theory. He conducted a survey of hundreds of videos of the Earth Plane theory published on YouTube.
As a result, it was found that the conspiracy theory spread on YouTube uses 'a method that utilizes the existing confrontation structure'. According to Diaz Luis, those who are deeply devoted to one of the two camps' discussions tend to jump in their favor, whether or not their opinion is true. The tendency to believe in the words of those who are on the side of their identity is called 'neotribalism' by sociologists.
'The problem arises when people take fake news as part of their identity. News articles can be fact-checked, but personal beliefs can't. Conspiracy theory is that. If it's part of a person's world and values, it's not easy to correct that mistake. ' I summarized it into three.
◆ 1: Religion
From ancient times to modern times, the relationship between religion and science has been repeatedly discussed on various axes of opposition, such as atheism and faith, evolution and creationism, and the Big Bang space theory and intelligent design theory . Against this background, the flat earth theorists argue that 'the atheist is trying to keep people away from God by using the theory of evolution and the'pseudoscience'of big bangs and the round earth,' and the Christian right sect has a long struggle. They are redefining their claims in the context they have built inside.
In a video released on YouTube, one flat earth theorist invented the Big Bang to deny that God created everything, and God cares more about monkeys than you. I invented the theory of evolution to make me believe that I am, and I invented a round earth to make me think that God is below you, not above you, and infinitely to make me believe that God is far from you. He invented the universe. '
Flat Earth Church Preaching From The KJV Bible | Part 1 --YouTube
◆ 2: Struggle with corrupt politicians and elites
The second theme is the story of ordinary people confronting the fallen rulers. In this conspiracy theory, scientific knowledge is said to have been created by those in power to control people, so those who are based on this claim can understand what they see and intuitively. Try to believe in things.
'It's true that the Earth looks flat to the naked eye,' said Diaz Luis. I think he's one of the nameless heroes fighting politics. '
◆ 3: Free thought
The third theme stems from the debate over whether the reference to God should be excluded from the text of the American Constitution, and is a combination of the above two themes. The argument argues that 'rational people should believe in their own reason and experience, not authority or doctrine,' and those who identify themselves as free thinkers cannot understand 'knowledge of the book.' I don't trust the experts who make full use of '' and 'esoteric formulas'.
People with this idea tend to try to see if the earth is round by using their own research or self-made experimental equipment. 'They seem to think of themselves as the visionary old scientist, Galileo of today,' said Diaz Luis.
In 2020, a man riding a self-made rocket to prove that the earth is flat has suffered a tragic accident in which he died in a crash.
A man boarding a homemade rocket as 'proving the flat earth theory' died in a rocket crash-GIGAZINE
As mentioned earlier, disinformation on social media such as YouTube is difficult to counter when it becomes a personal belief, and corrections and fact checks can even be counterproductive. Therefore, Diaz Luis thinks that it is necessary to know 'why it is believed' when countering the flat earth theory.
For example, if a flat earth theorist does not trust the authority, it is not a good idea to cite a government scientist to refute the flat earth theory, so he showed experimental results that anyone can understand. It may be more effective. Also, if the background is faith in Christianity, the key to liberation from conspiracy theory is that reverent Christians preach that 'the flat earth theory is not necessary to remain faithful to one's faith.' It seems that there is a possibility that it will become.
Based on the findings of a large amount of research on YouTube videos about the Flat Earth theory, Diaz Lewis said, 'Beliefs such as the Flat Earth theory, QAnon, and the Great Replacement give a sense of the identity of the group being attacked. It spreads by appealing, because even outlandish conspiracy theories and fake news can look reasonable if they match the smoldering complaints in your heart, especially the discussions on social media. Participants form an echo chamber because it can be done in one, and false information becomes stronger as a belief that can not be fact checked. ' rice field.
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