Programme Notes - Channel 4 Learning - Conspiracy: Who really runs the world?

CONSPIRACY: WHO REALLY RUNS THE WORLD?

David Icke and Chris French

The 9/11 conspiracy theorist David Icke (left) with psychologist Professor Chris French.

It's the work of alien lizards, men in black, the government or even the Queen... Whenever a major news story breaks, conspiracy theories spring up overnight with a subversive slant on the official facts. Who's behind these theories, and why are some of us so ready to believe in them?

PROGRAMME AIMS

To explain what conspiracy theories are, and why they are so widespread
To examine four conspiracy theories in detail
To ask why conspiracy theorists have an unshakeable belief in their theories
To discover why some people are more likely to believe in theories than others.

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