Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Uscinski, Joseph E.

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Produktbeschreibung

Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a pervasive sense of powerlessness among those same people, and a widespread distrust of elites. Working in combination, these factors and many other factors are now propelling conspiracy theories into our public sphere on a vast scale. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide both the foundational tools and the evidence to better understand conspiracy theories in the United States and around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in conspiracy theories? What are the effects of such theories when they take hold in the public? What can or should be done about the phenomenon? Combining systematic analysis and cutting-edge empirical research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190844103
• Artikelnr.: 54602219

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