History as the glue of online-published conspiracy theories and possible implications for collective memory

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11210/25:10507030 RIV/00216208:11230/25:10507030

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.hej-hermes.net/12-1/12.104" target="_blank" >https://www.hej-hermes.net/12-1/12.104</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.52289/hej12.104" target="_blank" >10.52289/hej12.104</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

History as the glue of online-published conspiracy theories and possible implications for collective memory

Original language description

This article examines the role of historical substance in online-published written conspiracy theories from an epistemological view. It describes how conspiracy theories are mediated in the digital age. It then shows the basic argumentative process of conspiracy theories, linking fictional and real events. It is a variation of the argumentative fallacy of the "post hoc fallacy," which we call the "post coniurationem fallacy." The historical narrative thus provides a plausible perspective and the appearance of veracity to the conspiracy narrative. This dynamic is supported by the rootedness of conspiracy theories in implicit memory. The case study of the Czech conspiracy website Aeronet illustrates this. The multiplicity of today's conspiracy theories and the ease with which they can be disseminated through digital media is thus profoundly transforming how parts of society encounter historical fabric and shape collective memory.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Historical Encounters

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2203-7543

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

36-49

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105027737073