Uniquely, QAnon is not a single conspiracy theory but rather a vast and elaborate mosaic of conspiracy theories. It presents an instance of what M. Barkun has defined as a “super-conspiracy theory”[^18] into which a rich spectrum of past, p…[^10]: DICKSON, E. J.: The FBI Declared QAnon a Domestic Terrorism Threat — and Conspiracy Theorists Are Psyched. Released on 2nd August 2019. [online]. [2022-05-22]. Available at: <https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qano…
Michael Barkun
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Michael Barkun is a scholar of conspiracy theory who developed the concept of "super-conspiracy theory" — an elaborate framework that absorbs and synthesizes multiple distinct conspiracy narratives into a single, coherent ideological system. The course readings invoke his term to characterize QAnon's distinctive structure, showing how contemporary digital conspiracy movements operate not as singular theories but as vast mosaic systems that enable believers to integrate contradictory narratives under one explanatory umbrella.
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