Extremist language in anti-COVID-19 conspiracy discourse on Facebook.
The COVID pandemic has sparked fear among many people worldwide and has thus led to the emergence of a variety of conspiracy theories. Individuals believing in these theories come from various social and demographic backgrounds, some of them being mere skeptics, while others are more radical and ext...
| Publicado en: | Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 92 - 112 |
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