Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, numerous explanations and conspiracy theories have been circulating on the Internet and in social media about the origins of the virus and how to deal with it correctly. On the 25.11.2020 the participants of the webinar series #Creatingspace dealt with the complex of topics "conspiracy theory" from a historical, scientific and political perspective.
We took a look at examples of extreme mobilizations and offers of interpretation and unraveled who benefits from the dissemination of such content. On the one hand, conspiracy stories are attractive - especially in times of crisis - because they offer simple answers to very complex questions. On the other hand, extreme right-wing actors take advantage of all this to assert their interests. The webinar was led by Carolin Sokele.
The webinar on conspiracy theories was part of the webinar series of the "#CreatingSpace A Digital Future with Ethics in Mind” project. It was financed by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation and the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation.
