Show Notes
Today I'm speaking with Dr. Christopher Kavanagh, who is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology. Chris is also the cohost of the Decoding the Gurus Podcast. We talk about the effect that internet gurus and thought leaders have on public perception of science and politics.
Chris’ research focuses broadly on collective rituals and their impact on social identity and group orientated behaviors, using a combination of field and lab based experiments, online surveys, and traditional ethnographic methods.
Check out the Decoding the Gurus podcast: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/
Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/c_kavanagh
Learn more about Chris' work: https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-chris-kavanagh
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