·Conspiracy theories as meaning-making narratives are powerful and persuasive due to a clear structure that can be replicated in many contexts ·People are susceptible to conspiracy theories since they cater to various needs to understand the nexus between inputs/cause and outputs/ effects (causal relationships) ·In a malign information influence campaign during the 1980s, AIDS was portrayed as a consciously designed bioweapon used by the US against minorities and African people – this narrative was recycled during the COVID-19-pandemic ·Conspiracy theories about the maltreatment, abduction, abuse and killing of children evoke particularly strong emotions over time and in various contexts, for instance as precursors of the Swedish ‘LVU- campaign’ ·Taken together, conspiracy theories are ideally constructed to con
Andreas Önnerfors (Wed,) studied this question.