Is social media accelerating the spread of conspiracy theories? It sure feels like it: look at anti-vaxxers, claims about election fraud, and QAnon. Professor Joseph Uscinski, a political scientist at the University of Miami, argues that this widespread hunch is not supported by the evidence. He and host Corbin Barthold examine that view, with a focus on what polling data says about the prevalence of conspiracy theories over time. They also discuss how the Internet affects public opinion (or not), when conspiracy theories become dangerous, how people should form beliefs, whether birds are real, whether King James II fathered a “warming pan baby,” and more.
#104: Legal Hacking
#103: A Network for the Future
#102: The FBI and Browser Spying
#101: Government and the Internet of Things
#100: Centenario
#99: Controlling the Price of Business Broadband
#98: Uber for Planes?
#97: Space Regulation
#96: Recharging Hotels
#95: Cybersecurity Myths
#94: Email Privacy in an Emergency
#93: Activism, or Slacktivism?
#92: Government Hacking
#91: Democrats Divide on Uber
#90: Media Ownership
#89: Arizona Tackles Airbnb, Home Sharing
#88: Regulating Fantasy Sports
#87: High School Surveillance Debate
#86: Supreme Court Decides in Spokeo
#85: Privacy in the Golden Age of Surveillance
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