Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19
Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK. The book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politica...
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| description | Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK. The book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politically and culturally contextualised close readings informed by cultural studies. In contrast to other studies which often have an alarmist take on the "infodemic," it places Covid-19 conspiracy theories in a longer historical perspective. It also argues against the tendency to view conspiracy theories as merely evidence of a fringe or pathological way of thinking. Instead, the starting assumption is that conspiracy theories, including Covid-19 conspiracy theories, often reflect genuine and legitimate concerns, even if their factual claims are wide of the mark. The authors examine the nature and origins of the conspiracy theories that have emerged; the identity and rationale of those drawn to Covid-19 conspiracism; how these conspiracy theories fit within the wider political, economic and technological landscape of the online information environment; and proposed interventions from social media platforms and regulatory agencies. This book will appeal to anyone interested in conspiracy theories, misinformation, culture wars, social media and contemporary society. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1600532025-05-22T05:03:17Z Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 Birchall, Clare Knight, Peter Conspiracy Theories Covid-19 Corona Pandemic Plandemic Infodemic Trust Bot Disinfo Capitalism Conspiracism 5G QAnon Digital Dataset Social Media Political Misinformation Culture War thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBA Social theory Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK. The book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politically and culturally contextualised close readings informed by cultural studies. In contrast to other studies which often have an alarmist take on the "infodemic," it places Covid-19 conspiracy theories in a longer historical perspective. It also argues against the tendency to view conspiracy theories as merely evidence of a fringe or pathological way of thinking. Instead, the starting assumption is that conspiracy theories, including Covid-19 conspiracy theories, often reflect genuine and legitimate concerns, even if their factual claims are wide of the mark. The authors examine the nature and origins of the conspiracy theories that have emerged; the identity and rationale of those drawn to Covid-19 conspiracism; how these conspiracy theories fit within the wider political, economic and technological landscape of the online information environment; and proposed interventions from social media platforms and regulatory agencies. This book will appeal to anyone interested in conspiracy theories, misinformation, culture wars, social media and contemporary society. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. 2025-05-22T05:03:16Z 2025-05-22T05:03:16Z 2025-05-21T14:57:18Z 2022 book ONIX_20250521T155841_9781000773583_63 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102282 9781000773583 9781032325125 9781032324999 9781000773651 9781003315438 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160053 eng Conspiracy Theories open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102282/1/9781000773583.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003315438 10.4324/9781003315438 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 76ee046b-4b28-4f64-a03d-8a826f3f19ec 9781000773583 9781032325125 9781032324999 9781000773651 9781003315438 Routledge 248 Oxford [...] open access |
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