The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses

Olivia Inwood; Michele Zappavigna

doi:10.1075/dapsac.98.11inw

The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses

Olivia Inwood
, Michele Zappavigna

University of New South Wales

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This chapter explores a dataset of YouTube video comments about the 'ID2020' conspiracy theory, which claims that Bill Gates is part of a global conspiracy to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine incorporating a tracking microchip. This conspiracy theory merges religious discourses about the 'Mark of the Beast', with discourses about quantum dot and blockchain technologies. The chapter aims to understand the kinds of values that are negotiated by users who interact with ID2020 conspiracy videos by posting in YouTube comment sections. The appraisal and communing affiliation frameworks developed within Systemic Functional Linguistics are used to investigate evaluative language and social bonding in the dataset. The results reveal distinct textual personae bonding around positions such as anti-globalism, anti-technology, political scepticism, and anti-vaccination.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conspiracy Theory Discourses
Editors	Massimiliano Demata, Virginia Zorzi, Angela Zottola
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Chapter	11
Pages	241-266
Number of pages	26
Volume	98
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027256959
ISBN (Print)	9789027212702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.98.11inw
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
Volume	98
ISSN (Print)	1569-9463

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

affiliation
bonding
conspiracy theories
COVID-19
discourse
politics
religion
systemic functional linguistics
technology
YouTube

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Inwood, O., & Zappavigna, M. (2022). The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses. In M. Demata, V. Zorzi, & A. Zottola (Eds.), Conspiracy Theory Discourses (Vol. 98, pp. 241-266). (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture; Vol. 98). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.98.11inw

Inwood, Olivia ; Zappavigna, Michele. / The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses : bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses. Conspiracy Theory Discourses. editor / Massimiliano Demata ; Virginia Zorzi ; Angela Zottola. Vol. 98 U.S. : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022. pp. 241-266 (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture).

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Inwood, O & Zappavigna, M 2022, The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses. in M Demata, V Zorzi & A Zottola (eds), Conspiracy Theory Discourses. vol. 98, Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, vol. 98, John Benjamins Publishing Company, U.S., pp. 241-266. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.98.11inw

The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses. / Inwood, Olivia; Zappavigna, Michele.
Conspiracy Theory Discourses. ed. / Massimiliano Demata; Virginia Zorzi; Angela Zottola. Vol. 98 U.S.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022. p. 241-266 (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture; Vol. 98).

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Inwood O, Zappavigna M. The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses. In Demata M, Zorzi V, Zottola A, editors, Conspiracy Theory Discourses. Vol. 98. U.S.: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2022. p. 241-266. (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture). doi: 10.1075/dapsac.98.11inw

The ID2020 conspiracy theory in YouTube video comments during COVID-19 bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses: bonding around religious, political, and technological discourses

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