Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them 2019 Edition by Joseph E. Uscinski , Oxford

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Oxford Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them 2019 Edition by Joseph E. Uscinski

Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their multiplication and proliferation is unprecedented due to increasing knowledge, a sense of powerlessness, and a distrust of elites, that have merged to generate conspiracy theories on a vast scale in our era. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who_x000D_Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide the foundational tools and evidence to better understand conspiracy theories not just in the United States, but around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in_x000D_conspiracy theories? What are their effects? What can or should be done about them? Using systematic analysis, rich discussion, and cutting-edge research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_ Preface_x000D_ List of Contributors _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit Hole We Go!_x000D_ Joseph E. Uscinski_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 2 The History of Conspiracy Theory Research: A Review and Commentary_x000D_ Michael Butter and Peter Knight_x000D_ _x000D_ Section I What is a Conspiracy Theory?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 3 What We Mean When We Say "Conspiracy Theory"_x000D_ Jesse Walker_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 4 Conspiracy Theory: The Nineteenth-Century Prehistory of a Twentieth-Century Concept_x000D_ Andrew McKenzie-McHarg_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 5 Media Marginalization of Racial Minorities: "Conspiracy Theorists" in U.S. Ghettos and on the "Arab Street"_x000D_ Martin Orr and Ginna Husting_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 6 Conspiracy Theories and Philosophy: Bringing the Epistemology of a Freighted Term into the Social Sciences_x000D_ M R. X. Dentith_x000D_ _x000D_ Section II How Do Conspiracy Theorists and Non-Conspiracy Theorists Interact?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 7 On the Democratic Problem of Conspiracy Theory Politics_x000D_ Alfred Moore_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 8 The Politics of Disruption: Social Choice Theory and Conspiracy Theory Politics_x000D_ Matthew D. Atkinson and Darin DeWitt_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 9 Learning About Conspiracy Theories: Experiences in Science and Risk Communication with the Public about the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster_x000D_ Jay T. Cullen_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 10 In Whose Hands the Future? _x000D_ Stephan Lewandowsky_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 11 Conspiracy Theory Phobia_x000D_ Juha Raikka and Lee Basham_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 12 Conspiracy Thinking, Tolerance, and Democracy_x000D_ Steven M. Smallpage_x000D_ _x000D_ Section III Are Conspiracy Theories "Anti-Science"?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 13 Don't Trust the Scientists! Rejecting the Scientific Consensus "Conspiracy"_x000D_ Josh Pasek_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 14 Conspiratorial Thinking and Dueling Fact Perceptions_x000D_ Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 15 The Conspiracy Theory Pyramid Scheme_x000D_ Ted Goertzel_x000D_ _x000D_ Section IV What is the Psychology of Conspiracy Theorizing?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 16 Conspiracy Theory Psychology: Individual differences, Worldviews, and States of Mind _x000D_ Michael J. Wood and Karen M. Douglas_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 17 Conspiracy Rumor Psychology_x000D_ Nicholas Difonzo_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 18 The Truth is Around Here Somewhere: Integrating the Research on Conspiracy Beliefs_x000D_ Preston R. Bost_x000D_ _x000D_ Section V What Do Conspiracy Theories Look Like in the United States?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 19 Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History_x000D_ Kathryn S. Olmsted_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 20 Polls, Plots, and Party Politics:Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary America_x000D_ Adam M. Enders and Steven M. Smallpage _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 21 How Conspiracy Theories Spread _x000D_ Darin DeWitt, Matthew D. Atkinson, and Drew Wegner_x000D_ _x000D_ Section VI What Do Conspiracy Theories Look Like Around the World?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 22 Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories in Great Britain and Europe?_x000D_ Hugo Drochon_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 23 Why the Powerful (in Weak States) Prefer Conspiracy Theories_x000D_ Scott Radnitz_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 24 Conspiracy Theories in Post-Soviet Russia_x000D_ Ilya Yablokov _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 25 The Collective Conspiracy Mentality in Poland_x000D_ Wiktor Soral, Aleksandra Cichocka, Michal Bilewicz, Marta Marchlewska_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 26 The Conspiratorial Style in Turkish Politics: Discussing the Deep State in the Parliament_x000D_ Turkay Salim Nefes_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 27 The Hidden and the Revealed: Styles of Political Conspiracy Theory in Kirchnerism_x000D_ Tanya Filer_x000D_ _x000D_ Section VII How Should We Live with Conspiracy Theories?_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 28 Conspiracy Theories and Religion: Superstition, Seekership, and Salvation_x000D_ David G. Robertson and Asbjorn Dyrendal_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 29 The Credulity of Conspiracy Theorists: Conspiratorial, Scientific, and Religious Explanation Compared_x000D_ Brian L. Keeley_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 30 Empowerment as a Tool to Reduce Belief in Conspiracy Theories_x000D_ Jan-Willem van Prooijen_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 31 Conspiracy Theories for Journalists: Covering Dubious Ideas in Real Time_x000D_ Joseph E. Uscinski_x000D_ _x000D_ References_x000D_ Index_x000D_