![]() “When people feel out of control, they’re attracted to things that offer them an action path,” Miller-Idriss tells Teen Vogue. Miller-Idriss says that people tend to turn to conspiracy theories when they’ve lost a sense of control and feel afraid and anxious because these theories can offer comfort in the form of a black-and-white answer. Conspiracy theories are nothing new in the United States, says Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an American University sociology professor who focuses on extremism and radicalization, but they’ve been able to spread like wildfire over the past decade due to social media, which can easily amplify and circulate misinformation.Īmid a pandemic that has killed more than a million Americans to date, conditions couldn’t be more ripe for conspiracy theories to take hold. In the year 2021, conspiracy theories run rampant, from the halls of Congress to viral Facebook and blush-pink Instagram posts.
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