Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them

Herausgeber: Uscinski, Joseph E

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Produktbeschreibung

Conspiracy theories are not fringe ideas, tucked away in society's dark corners. They are an enduring part of humanity. Despite this, researchers and journalists struggle to understand them. Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them is intended to help better understand conspiracy theories around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780190844080
• ISBN-10: 0190844086
• Artikelnr.: 52893008

Autorenporträt

Joseph E. Uscinski is an associate professor of Political Science in the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences, where he teaches courses on American politics. He is coauthor of American Conspiracy Theories (Oxford, 2014) and author of The People's News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism (New York University Press, 2014). He received his Ph.D. in American Politics from University of Arizona, his M.A. from University of New Hampshire, and his B.A. from Plymouth State College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit Hole We Go!
* Joseph E. Uscinski
* Chapter 2 The History of Conspiracy Theory Research: A Review and
Commentary
* Michael Butter and Peter Knight
* Chapter 3 What We Mean When We Say "Conspiracy Theory"
* Jesse Walker
* Chapter 4 Conspiracy Theory: The Nineteenth-Century Prehistory of a
Twentieth-Century Concept
* Andrew McKenzie-McHarg
* Chapter 5 Media Marginalization of Racial Minorities: "Conspiracy
Theorists" in U.S. Ghettos and on the "Arab Street"
* Martin Orr and Ginna Husting
* Chapter 6 Conspiracy Theories and Philosophy: Bringing the
Epistemology of a Freighted Term into the Social Sciences
* M. R. X. Dentith
* Chapter 7 On the Democratic Problem of Conspiracy Theory Politics
* Alfred Moore
* Chapter 8 The Politics of Disruption: Social Choice Theory and
Conspiracy Theory Politics
* Matthew D. Atkinson and Darin DeWitt
* Chapter 9 Learning About Conspiracy Theories: Experiences in Science
and Risk Communication with the Public about the Fukushima Dai-ichi
Disaster
* Jay T. Cullen
* Chapter 10 In Whose Hands the Future?
* Stephan Lewandowsky
* Chapter 11 Conspiracy Theory Phobia
* Juha Räikkä and Lee Basham
* Chapter 12 Conspiracy Thinking, Tolerance, and Democracy
* Steven Smallpage
* Chapter 13 Don't Trust the Scientists! Rejecting the Scientific
Consensus "Conspiracy"
* Josh Pasek
* Chapter 14 Conspiratorial Thinking and Polarized Fact Perceptions
* Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker
* Chapter 15 The Conspiracy Theory Pyramid Scheme
* Ted Goertzel
* Chapter 16 Conspiracy Theory Psychology: Individual differences,
Worldviews, and States of Mind
* Michael J. Wood and Karen M. Douglas
* Chapter 17 Conspiracy Rumor Psychology
* Nicholas Difonzo
* Chapter 18 The Truth is Around Here Somewhere: Integrating the
Research on Conspiracy Beliefs
* Preston R. Bost
* Chapter 19 Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History
* Kathryn S. Olmstead
* Chapter 20 Polls, Plots, and Party Politics:
* Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary America
* Adam M. Enders and Steven M. Smallpage
* Chapter 21 How Conspiracy Theories Spread
* Darin DeWitt, Matthew Atkinson, and Drew Wegner
* Chapter 22 Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories in Great Britain and
Europe?
* Hugo Drochon
* Chapter 23 Why the Powerful (in Weak States) Prefer Conspiracy
Theories
* Scott Radnitz
* Chapter 24 Conspiracy Theories in post-Soviet Russia
* Ilya Yablokov
* Chapter 25 The Collective Conspiracy Mentality in Poland
* Wiktor Soral, Aleksandra Cichocka, Micha? Bilewicz, Marta Marchlewska
* Chapter 26 The Conspiratorial Style in Turkish Politics: Discussing
the Deep State in the Parliament
* Türkay Salim Nefes
* Chapter 27 The Hidden and the Revealed: Styles of political
conspiracy theory in Kirchnerism
* Tanya Filer
* Chapter 28 Conspiracy Theories and Religion: Superstition,
Seekership, and Salvation
* David G. Robertson and Asbjørn Dyrendal
* Chapter 29 The Credulity of Conspiracy Theorists: Conspiratorial,
Scientific and Religious Explanation Compared
* Brian L. Keeley
* Chapter 30 Empowerment as a Tool to Reduce Belief in Conspiracy
Theories
* Jan-Willem van Prooijen
* Chapter 31 Conspiracy Theories for Journalists: Covering Dubious
Ideas in Real Time
* Joseph E. Uscinski
* About the Authors
* References
* Index