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Interviews and press reports (selection)

  • Frankfurt Debate on Language: Conspiracy Theories (2023)

  • Linguistic strategies in conspiracy theories (RPR 1, 01/2022)
  • The project "Language in conspiracy theories" (Antenne Trier, 01/2022)
  • Conspiracy theories - and how they are made linguistically credible (workshop for young people ("Gegen Vergessen, Für Demokratie e.V."), 06/2021)
  • Linguistic patterns in conspiracy theories(EU initiative "klicksafe", 11/2020)
  • Dictionary of fake news (MDR next, 07/2020)
  • Conspiracy theories are booming(WebTalk with Benjamin Strasser MdB ("Friedrich Naumann Foundation"), 29/06/2020)
  • The language of conspiracy theories(Podcast "Alexandria", 29/06/2020)
  • "Relativizing expressions are intended to sow doubt"(Deutschlandfunk, 21.05.2020)
  • Conspiratorial tendencies (podcast "Ehrenwort", 09/2018)
  • Of "puppeteers" and "supposed" facts. (Luxemburger Wort, feature supplement "Die Warte", 21/06/2018)[page 1, page 2]
  • Linguists investigate conspiracy theories (Die Rheinpfalz, 16.05.2018)
  • Language in conspiracy theories (SWR2, 05/2018)
  • Nothing is as it seems(Zeit Online, 25.04.2018)
  • How language makes conspiracy theories appear to be true. "Counter-truths" from a linguistic perspective(5vier.de, 24.04.2018)
  • Conspiracy theories on the internet(Radio 100,7, 07.03.2018)

Courses on the project topic

  • Winter semester 2022/2023: Conspiracy theories linguistically (University of Kassel)
  • Winter semester 2017/2018: Language in conspiracy theories [2x] (University of Trier)