Published: 2016-02-20

Paranoia and technology. The conspiracy theory in the context of technophobia and technological progress

Santana Murawska

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show conspiratorial thinking combined with technophobia. The author presents the similarities and relations between conspiracy theories and other narratives (present in popular culture), which emerged as the aftermath of the Cold War and apocalyptic fears. The article presents three options for the perception of the relation between technology and conspiracy theories: in the context of dystopian and utopian cultural texts, and in the context of space as no-place, in which there operates a community centered around conspiracy theories.

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Murawska, S. (2016). Paranoia and technology. The conspiracy theory in the context of technophobia and technological progress. Studia Etnologiczne I Antropologiczne, 16, 33–43. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9366

Vol. 16 (2016)
Published: 2016-02-20


ISSN: 1506-5790
eISSN: 2353-9860
Ikona DOI 10.31261/SEIA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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