Ana Stojanov's guest appearances

Ana Stojanov

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Elon Musk

Kamala Harris

Donald Trump

Julie Smith

Greta Thunberg

John Townsend

Phil Jones

Chris Henry

James Logan

Bernie Sanders

Matt Bell

Sean Palmer

Brad Olsen

Jennifer Lopez

Jeff Bezos

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A lack of control as we grapple with Covid 19 uncertainty, is being blamed for some people buying into conspiracy theories.Some of them are laughable, but theories are spreading about nationwide lockdown, border breaches and speculation on new outbreaks.Otago University psychologist Ana Stojanov told Tim Dower the Covid theories can be linked to people feeling helpless."People are more likely to believe in them as they feel they have access to secret knowledge that other people don't have."Covid 19 is causing stress and a lack of control so we're seeing more conspiracy theories specifically relating to the virus."Stojanov says we're unlikely to ever stop conspiracies.LISTEN ABOVE

A lack of control as we grapple with Covid 19 uncertainty, is being blamed for some people buying into conspiracy theories. Some of them are laughable, but theories are spreading about nationwide lockdown, border breaches and speculation on new outbreaks. Otago University psychologist Ana Stojanov told Tim Dower the Covid theories can be linked to people feeling helpless. "People are more likely to believe in them as they feel they have access to secret knowledge that other people don't have. "Covid 19 is causing stress and a lack of control so we're seeing more conspiracy theories specifically relating to the virus." Stojanov says we're unlikely to ever stop conspiracies. LISTEN ABOVE

Ana Stojanov: Covid-19 uncertainty contributing to increase of conspiracy theories