Mit Magdalenki i media społecznościowe. O popularyzacji narracji spiskowych, zanim stały się modne w internecie

Since the talks in a narrow circle between the communist dignitaries and the representatives of the democratic opposition in Magdalenka near Warsaw in 1988, Poland has undergone profound changes. The talks launched a series of events leading to the systemic transformation in Poland and became its important symbol, which took root in the social imagination, inspiring conspiratorial theories from the very beginning. At the same time, social reality was deeply transformed by the development of the Internet, which not only modified numerous behaviors in everyday life, but also led to changes in research practices and techniques for reconstructing social reality. Given the overlapping types of social change, this article is organized around two intertwining plans. In the foreground, an attempt was made to reconstruct the earliest conspiracy narratives about the collusion in Magdalenka and their later role. In the background, there is a reflection on the impact of the spread of social media on the research of vernacular culture.