Abstract
The mainstreaming of conspiracy narratives has been associated with a rise in violent offline harms, from harassment, vandalism of communications infrastructure, assault, and in it’s most extreme form, terrorist attacks. Group-level emotions of anger, contempt, and disgust have been proposed as a pathway to legitimizing violence. Here, we examine expressions of anger, contempt, and disgust as well as violence, threat, hate, planning, grievance, and paranoia within various conspiracy narratives on Parler. We found significant differences between conspiracy narratives for all measures and narratives associated with higher levels of offline violence showing greater levels of expression.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 357-379 |
| Journal | New Media & Society |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 5 Nov 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2026 |
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC grant ref: EP/W522090/1) as a PhD studentship to D.W. as an EPSRC iCASE with B.I.D. and J.F.R.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | EP/W522090/1 |
| Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- ANCODI
- Parler
- conspiracy narratives
- conspiracy theories
- emotion
- violence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Sociology and Political Science
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