Why Is The Earth Flat So Popular?

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The idea or theory of flat earth so far still siphon attention of world internet users. Supporters of the flat earth continue to argue and attempt to undermine the claim of a spherical earth theory submitted by scientists to the United States Space Agency. Flat Earth support groups stand in a line called the Flat Earth Society. The community is aggressively campaigning for a flat earth idea. Although the idea of ​​a flat earth loses its supporters than the general belief of the globular earth, but in the search on the internet, flat earth still remains popular on the internet. Quoted from The Verge, Friday, October 13, 2017, based on data from Google Trends, interest in the search for flat earth conspiracy theories experienced several different peaks in the last year. In a search using CrowdTangle, the social media tracking tool, The Verge found several articles on news pages that reviewed flat earths got more clicks than the average of other topic articles. The Verge page finds, the thirst of information on the internet characterized the 'fuel' interest of world citizens with the issue of flat earth from time to time. Writer of Conspiracy Theories: Secrets and Power in American Culture, Mark Fenster explains why the flat earth theory is spreading and popular online. This, according to him, can not be separated from the attraction of people with conspiracy theories. The idea of ​​flat earth is categorized as one of the discussion of conspiracy theories. Fenster said, the United States included 'crazy with conspiracy theorists' since before the US Revolutionary War in the 1770s to the 1780s. Fenster, a government transparency expert at the University of Florida, said the percentage of Americans who believe the conspiracy theory of President JF Kennedy's death has been continuously high in five decades. He found that confidence reached 60 to 80 percent in the last 50 years. Fenster says people find 'there's fun and games with conspiracy theorists'. "We do not really believe it, but we know a lot about them (conspiracy theorists.) But we might be a bit of a believer and we're just kidding and playing," he said. One of the other popular proponents of the idea of ​​flat earth is the circulation of hundreds of memes denial of scientist's claim about the earth round. The memes contribute to spreading flat earth theory and adding to the many potential followers or proponents of the theory. Another factor, the popularity of flat earth is also due to many international media that down article about the topic. Media such as The Guardian, The Atlantic, Vice, and Sports Illustrated write and review the flat earth idea. Various factors that make the article about flat earth to be a lot of searches on Google. From Google Trends data, Indonesia is in a country with an interest in searching for flat earth issues. Indonesia ranks fourth as the country most searching for flat earth information as of Friday night, October 13, 2017. The top notch is occupied by the United States, followed by Canada, Estonia, Indonesia and New Zealand. This news is from line today

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