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COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories in Slovenia

Authors

  • Kristina Radomirović Maček Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • Saša Babič ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20222502

Keywords:

conspiracy theory, COVID-19, narrative, semiotics, digital culture

Abstract

The article discusses conspiracy theories concerned with the global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia based on material collected from the Internet and during fieldwork. Content is examined using the well-established foundations of conspiracy theories, the semiotics of the conspiracy theories, and their mythological structure. Pandemic-related conspiracy stories appear to emerge from already established conspiracy narratives, linking them to a bigger and imminent threat to the health and freedom of humanity, believed to be perpetrated by conspiring evil forces.

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Radomirović Maček, K., & Babič, S. (2022). COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories in Slovenia. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 25. https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20222502

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