Title:
Why do mass shootings spawn conspiracy theories?
Authors:
Michael Rocque
Associate Professor of Sociology, Bates College
&
Stephanie Kelley-Romano
Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, Bates College
Published:
The Conversation, 19 February 2021
From the article:
While conspiracy theories are not limited to any topic, there is one type of event that seems particularly likely to spark them: mass shootings, typically defined as attacks in which a shooter kills at least four other people.