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Conspiracy Theories About the Pandemic of COVID-19 and Their Function on the Greek Internet

Conspiracy Theories About the Pandemic of COVID-19 and Their Function on the Greek Internet

Rea Kakampoura, Aphrodite Lidia Nounanaki
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 33
ISBN13: 9781668444610|ISBN10: 1668444615|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668444627|EISBN13: 9781668444634
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch004
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Kakampoura, Rea, and Aphrodite Lidia Nounanaki. "Conspiracy Theories About the Pandemic of COVID-19 and Their Function on the Greek Internet." The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities, edited by Stamatios Papadakis and Alexandros Kapaniaris, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 46-78. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch004

APA

Kakampoura, R. & Nounanaki, A. L. (2022). Conspiracy Theories About the Pandemic of COVID-19 and Their Function on the Greek Internet. In S. Papadakis & A. Kapaniaris (Eds.), The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities (pp. 46-78). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch004

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Kakampoura, Rea, and Aphrodite Lidia Nounanaki. "Conspiracy Theories About the Pandemic of COVID-19 and Their Function on the Greek Internet." In The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities, edited by Stamatios Papadakis and Alexandros Kapaniaris, 46-78. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch004

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Abstract

Conspiracy theories are a folk narrative genre that tends to arise whenever crises occur; thus, inevitably, these kinds of theories appeared on the pandemic of COVID-19 as well. Their spread used to be done through magazines with relevant subject matter and through the word of mouth. The internet has changed this treaty because, by giving space in the dissemination of any information, it seems to have enhanced the widest spread of this narrative genre too. So, in this chapter, the impact of the internet on the genre will be highlighted through a long-term digital folklore research on the Greek internet. Through the case study of conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic, in the context of digital folklore, this chapter intents to highlight the impact of the internet on the genre, its spread, and its function, as well as the way the internet users' uptake the genre.

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