This essay suggests that there is a variant of what Stephanie Kelley-Romano calls the “conspiracy genre on American television,” a subgenre targeting children that we call kinder-conspiracy theories. Treating Disney's Gravity Falls as an exemplar of the subgenre, we argue that kinder-conspiracy theories differ from the larger genre in three ways. First, while inspiring social mistrust like most conspiracy entertainment, the programs portray some conspiracy theorists as hucksters, encouraging viewers to build their defenses against possible deception. Second, by serving as an introduction to reading conspiracy culture, the genre also serves as a kind of conspiracy literacy training and an inoculation against a milieu of rampant suspicion and polarization. Finally, due to their prosocial messaging for younger audiences, the genre also emphasizes a kind of collectivistic agency that privileges community over the traditional individualism and fantasies of the lone wolf conspiracy theorist.

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幼儿园阴谋论：迪士尼的《重力坠落》和儿童电视中的阴谋类型

本文提出，斯蒂芬妮·凯利-罗马诺（Stephanie Kelley-Romano）所说的“美国电视阴谋类型”存在一种变体，这是一种针对儿童的亚类型，我们称之为“善良阴谋论”。将迪士尼的《重力瀑布》视为该子流派的典范，我们认为，善良阴谋论在三个方面与更大的流派有所不同。首先，虽然像大多数阴谋娱乐节目一样激发社会不信任，但这些节目将一些阴谋论者描绘成小贩，鼓励观众建立防御措施，防止可能的欺骗。其次，通过作为阅读阴谋文化的入门，这种类型也可以作为一种阴谋素养培训和针对猖獗的怀疑和两极分化环境的预防接种。最后，由于它们向年轻观众传达亲社会信息，该类型还强调一种集体主义机构，这种机构优先考虑社区，而不是传统的个人主义和独狼阴谋论者的幻想。