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  • Chapter 14 - QAnon, Folklore, and Conspiratorial Consensus

  • from Part IV - The Role of Communication in Promoting and Limiting QAnon Support
  • Edited by Monica K. Miller, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Book:
    The Social Science of QAnon
    Published online:
    14 September 2023
    Print publication:
    28 September 2023, pp 234-251

  • Summary

    QAnon, a conspiracy theory composed of a complex series of interlocking narratives detailing the machinations of malign actors whose seemingly insurmountable powers pose an existential threat to social order, is anchored in a folkloric process. It includes a wide range of characters from bad guys who kidnap, traffic, and cannibalize children, to good guys who rally “patriots” to fight elements of the “deep state.” We consider ~2 million discussion posts to social media forums where community members puzzle out the cryptic messages of the eponymous “Q.” Predicating our work on folklore theory, we apply a computational pipeline of AI methods to reveal the underlying narrative framework of the QAnon discussion forums, and identify the various links between otherwise largely unlinked domains of interaction and events that animate the conspiracy theory. We present a real-time user interface that allows users to monitor the changing topological features of the QAnon narrative framework.