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.
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#243: Will the Electric Scooter Movement Lose Its Charge?
#242: Hybrid Networks and the Future of Wireless
#241: Journalists v. Trump
#240: Techlash: What Do Americans Think?
#239: Net Neutrality: Can States Regulate the Internet?
#238: Breaking Down Encryption
#237: Prodigal Son Returns
#236: Low Hanging Fruit with Professor Daskal
#235: Hasta La Vista, Robocalls?!
#234: Judging Judge Kavanaugh
#233: The Sharing Economy is Dead... Long Live the Hustle Economy
#232: Nationalizing 5G
#231: Preview of the Internet Governance Forum USA 2018
#230: Updating the FCC's Kid Vid Rules with Commissioner O'Rielly
#229: LabMD Court Decision Ushers in a New Era for the FTC
#228: FBI Lost Count... Of Locked Phones
#227: Can Flightsharing Finally Take Off?
#226: The Fairness Doctrine: The Next Generation
#225: WHOIS going to deal with cybersecurity: GDPR Edition
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