Matthew Kearney|Shawn C. Chiang|Philip M. Massey
The Twitter origins and evolution of the COVID-19 “plandemic” conspiracy theory
Drexel University|Drexel University|Drexel University
tweets plandemic eg plandemic notion covid19 pandemic planned fraudulent helped spread several distinct conspiracy theories related covid19 terms catchy nature attracted attention antivaccine activist filmmakers ultimately created plandemic 26minute documentary plandemic falsely attacks niaid director dr anthony fauci among others eventual coronavirus vaccine film since widely discredited appeared least temporarily shift twitter communications different topics organizations fueling flow conspiracy theories misinformation specific public figures demonize