Between reinformation and conspiracy
Alethurgia and mediations
Pages 71 to 76
Cite this article
- GUINDON, Maude,
- GRONDIN, David
- and BARDINI, Thierry,
- Guindon, Maude.,
- et al.
- Guindon, M.,
- Grondin, D.
- and Bardini, T.
https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.091.0071
Cite this article
- Guindon, M.,
- Grondin, D.
- and Bardini, T.
- Guindon, Maude.,
- et al.
- GUINDON, Maude,
- GRONDIN, David
- and BARDINI, Thierry,
https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.091.0071
Lack of knowledge of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and poor public communication have contributed to the radical uncertainty since the start of this pandemic. This situation is conducive to the outpouring of so-called conspiracy theories in digital arenas and other “hybrid forums”. Public and media institutions, by privileging an epistemological approach based on debunking, fail to understand the preference of a segment of the population for “alternative” truths rather than scientific evidence. By analyzing the media and alethurgic forms of such a counter-discourse, we show how it feeds on uncertainty to establish its power and authority, testifying to the return of a (bad) parrhesia.