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Thursday, 8 October, 2020, 6 pm
The QAnon crank conspiracy theory is, on the face of it, so bizarre that some consider it an elaborate joke. It casts President Trump as an undercover warrior against a Satanic ring of paedophiles within show business and the “Deep State”. Notwithstanding, it has now broken out of the darker corners of the internet, and is beginning to win devotees within parts of the political mainstream.
A combination of COVID-19 conspiracism and local factors has now resulted in the QAnon cult building support in the United Kingdom.
This webinar will explain what QAnon followers believe, examine the demographics of QAnon supporters, consider the role of social media in promoting conspiracism, and will postulate the medium-term impact on society and politics of QAnon activism. We will also discuss the genesis and attraction of conspiracism, and its potentially deadly consequences.
The Panel:
Dr Daniel Allington is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Artificial Intelligence at King’s College, London. He researches and publishes extensively on conspiracism, hatred, inequality, and exclusion, as well as in the ever-evolving relationships between culture, politics, and technology.
Professor Matthew Feldman is Professorial Fellow at the University of York and is director of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. His focus is on fascism and the far right in Europe and the United States.