Rumor feeds on our collective fears and can even ruin lives... Zoom in on an insidious phenomenon that inspires cinema.
“Doubt and informational uncertainty fuel rumors,” explains Margot Déage, sociologist and lecturer at Grenoble-Alpes University. As early as the 17th century, the English philosopher Francis Bacon, advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, commented on the devastating power of rumor. The rumor of the white van, which spread last December, sowing panic in Seine-Maritime and Morbihan.