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2020 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

11. Verschwörungstheorien

verfasst von : Markus Appel, Sarah Mehretab

Erschienen in: Die Psychologie des Postfaktischen: Über Fake News, „Lügenpresse“, Clickbait & Co.

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Zusammenfassung

„Hinter dem Anschlag auf das World Trade Center – 9/11 – steckt der israelische Geheimdienst Mossad und die amerikanische Regierung wusste Bescheid.“

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Fußnoten
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Die Autoren dieser Studie geben zu bedenken, dass diese Erkenntnis noch vergleichsweise wenig gesichert ist, auch weil „Social Media“ in ihrer Studie eine heterogene Kategorie darstellte.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Verschwörungstheorien
verfasst von
Markus Appel
Sarah Mehretab
Copyright-Jahr
2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58695-2_11

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