An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web
Fig 9
A three dimensional visualization of the narrative framework for Pizzagate in terms of domains.
On the top, A: the graph with the inclusion of relationships generated by Wikileaks—the aggregate graph in blue shows a single large connected component. On the bottom, B: the graph with the Wikileaks relationships removed, shows on the aggregate level the remaining domains as disjoint components. In the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, the different domains have been causally linked via the single dubious source of the conspiracy theorists’ interpretations of the leaked emails dumped by Wikileaks. No such keystone exists in the Bridgegate narrative Network.