Conspiracy theories with Miriam Frankel, Turkay Salim Nefes, Aleksandra Cichocka and Harry T Dyer
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This month a panel of psychologists and sociologists discuss why conspiracy theories arise, how they can affect people\\u2019s political beliefs, and how we might better communicate with the people who believe in conspiracies. Conspiracy theories have been around for a long time, but in recent years they appear more frequently in public discourse. From increasing attention to anti-vaccine misinformation, to growing communities of conspiracy theorists, like the \\u2018flat earth\\u2019 community, who held their first large scale UK convention in 2018.
\\nJoin Miriam Frankel, science editor at The Conversation, alongside T\\xfcrkay Salim Nefes, Aleksandra Cichocka and Harry T Dyer.
\\nWe held this event at the Ri on 24 October 2018, in partnership with independent news website, The Conversation: https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/events-2018/october/public-the-conversation-conspiracy-theories
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