A conspiracy theory is a belief that two or more actors have coordinated in secret to achieve an outcome and that their conspiracy is of public interest but not public knowledge.
It is easy to cook up a conspiracy theory and you can see just how easy it is with the Conspiracy Kitchen. You just need three ingredients:
- Protagonists – Who did it?
- An action – What did they do?
- A motive – Why did they do it?
The Conspiracy Kitchen is a hands-on research demonstration that we have used in university open days and festivals.
We are currently updating our online Conspiracy Kitchen, but in the meantime you can read more about it on Dr Daniel Jolley’s webpage.