Picking Apart Conspiracy Theories Tim Tangherlini
Is it an actual conspiracy, or just a theory about one? In episode 81, Tim Tangherlini from the University of California Berkeley\u2019s Folklore Program discusses his research into how conspiracy theorists interpret and use what they believe is \u201chidden knowledge\u201d to connect multiple human interactions that are otherwise unlinked ... and how when one of these links is cut, they're less able to hold together a coherent story about it. His open access article \u201cAn automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web\u201d which he published with Shadi Shahsavari, Behnam Shahbazi, Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh, and Vwani Roychowdhury on June 16, 2020 in the journal PLOS One.\xa0\n\nPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim Tangherlini\xa0Picking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim Tangherlini {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7660 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7660",embed_code:""\n,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7660_174",settings_ap7660); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); \n\xa0\nWebsites and other resources\n\n\t\n\n\tTim's Twitter profile\n\tThe Bridgegate dataset\n\tNetwork graph: "Dissecting the #PizzaGate conspiracy theories" (New York Times)\n\tNetwork graph: "Chris Christie and the lane closings: A spectator\u2019s guide" (New York Times)\n\tArchived r/pizzagate subreddit (banned by Reddit on November 12, 2016) and still-active Voat subverse v/pizzagate\n\tResearch mentioned: "Conspiracy theorists believe wild ideas because they want to feel special" (Quartz)\n\tResearch mentioned: "Why some people are more likely to believe wild conspiracy theories than others" (Business Insider Australia)\n\tVladimir Propp's theory of narrative structure\n\t"Learning from Lombardi" on Mark Lombardi\u2019s neo-conceptual art (Medium)\n\tTim's talk, "Witches, vaccines, pizzas,