Deprived, Radical, Alternatively Informed

• Main Authors: Marc Ziegele (Author), Maike Resing (Author), Katharina Frehmann (Author), Nikolaus Jackob (Author), Ilka Jakobs (Author), Oliver Quiring (Author), Christian Schemer (Author), Tanjev Schultz (Author), Christina Viehmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Zurich, IKMZ - Department of Communication and Media Research, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Covid-19 pandemic was accompanied by a massive increase of the supply and demand for pandemic-related information. Similarly, conspiracy theories about the origins and functions of the Covid-19 virus flourished during the early stages of the pandemic. The present study draws on a nationally repr...