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Satanic Panic influence on QAnon

The 1980s Satanic Panic's narrative elements and institutional lessons are exploited by modern online conspiracies like QAnon

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Feb 6, 2026

How has media coverage amplified or debunked other dark‑web moral panics and what are examples of the Woozle effect?

Media coverage has both inflated and punctured moral panics about the and adjacent online phenomena: sensational headlines and repetition have amplified fear by linking anonymity to terrorism, child a...

Jan 21, 2026

How have QAnon and deepfake media amplified health-related conspiracy theories like medbeds?

’s narrative infrastructure and the rise of AI-driven have together made health-related conspiracies — including emergent claims about miracle “” technologies — easier to seed, amplify and inoculate a...