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Journal: Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne

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

Santana Murawska

Language: PL | Published: 20-02-2016 | Abstract | pp. 33-43

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.

2016-02-20



Journal: Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne

How best to protect life? Anti-vaccine conspiracy narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ewa Kozik

Language: PL | Published: 29-06-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-19

The aim of this article is to report on the social attitudes adopted by representatives of the anti-vaccine movement in response to the threat caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. Thanks to the critical discourse analysis applied to texts reproduced in the virtual space, the characteristic features of the anti-vaccine narrative were identified, which were shaped in response to the information about the need to develop and deliver a vaccine against the coronavirus. The analysis covered mainly texts from the alternative news portal "Wolne media", where the author found the most popular conspiracy theories, directly referring to the world view of vaccine opponents.

2021-06-29