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Key Stage 4. Conspiracy Theories. In 2005 a series of strange rumours spread through East London…. http://www.digitaldisruption.co.uk/the-vampire-conspiracy/category/the-vampire-conspiracy /. Do you believe in the Vampire Conspiracy?.
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Key Stage 4 Conspiracy Theories
In 2005 a series of strange rumours spread through East London… • http://www.digitaldisruption.co.uk/the-vampire-conspiracy/category/the-vampire-conspiracy/
Do you believe in the Vampire Conspiracy? • http://www.digitaldisruption.co.uk/the-vampire-conspiracy/category/what-you-need-to-know/
How are you being influenced? • How are you being influenced? Just a few of the techniques… • Bandwagon • Assertion • Lesser of two evils • Scapegoating • Down with the kids • Transfer • Diversion • Misrepresentation of the facts • Playing to your emotions
Pair work; • Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? • What conspiracy theories do you know?
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories 63% of registered American voters believe in at least one political conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness. A rational leap to understand what just happened, Does the Internet and other media sources make us paranoid? Are they forms of cynicism, a turning away from politics and traditional media?
Well known conspiracy theories The JFK Assassination 9/11 Cover-Up Roswell, Area 51 and the Aliens Secret Societies Control the World Osama Bin Laden is still alive The Moon Landings Were Faked Jesus and Mary Magdalene Holocaust Revisionism The Reptilian Elite The Illuminati and the New World Order Elvis Presley faked his own death Shakespeare was not Shakespeare Paul McCartney is dead Harold Wilson was a Soviet agent The Aids virus was created in a CIA laboratory