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ICA Conference – Javier Ruiz-Soler and Wendy Chun
May 27, 2021 @ 8:00 am - May 31, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
Wendy Chun moderates a panel at ICA on How Conspiracies Work: National and International Approaches to Trust, Mistrust, and Authenticity
Chairs
Javier Ruiz Soler, Simon Fraser U, CANADA
Moderator
Wendy Chun, Simon Fraser U, CANADA
Participants
Beyond Verification: Authenticity and Mis/Disinformation
Javier Ruiz Soler, Simon Fraser U, CANADA
Locating COVID-19 Conspiracies in South Africa and Nigeria
Iginio Gagliardone, Wits U, SOUTH AFRICA
This is Lebanon: Affective Motivations, Migrant Labor, and the Kafala System
Heather Jaber, U of Pennsylvania, USA
The Code, the Clock, and the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Moira Weigel, Data & Society, USA
This panel analyzes conspiracies and misinformation, and how conspiracies become accepted as authentic. We present study cases on selected topics from different regions and discuss the common features of authenticity. Each one of the panelists will discuss the methods they have used in their research, or present alternative methods to study misinformation beyond fact-checking. This panel is focused on specific topics (COVID-19, QAnon, Wexit and the kafala system) in South Africa and Nigeria, United States, Canada, and Lebanon.