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.
#204: Digital Learning: Future or a Flunk?
#203: Super Mathio? What We Learn From Video Games
#202: Artificial Intelligence
#201: Who Owns the Media?
#200: Bicentennial
#199: Telemedicine
#198: Social Media and Elections (w/ FEC Comm'r Lee Goodman)
#197: Technologiepolitik
#196: Online Voting
#195: Textalyzer
#194: Is the RAISE Act Sinking?
#193: NAFTA, Tech, and Trade
#192: Cyber Digest
#191: The Future of Online Music
#190: Thinking Outside the (X)Box
#189: Fighting Online Sex Trafficking
#188: Sex Offenders and Social Media
#187: Engaging Cuba
#186: Road to the Driverless Future Part 2 (Mass Transit)
#185: Law Enforcement Seeks Data Abroad
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