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Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them Kindle Edition

by Joseph E. Uscinski (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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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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    978-0190844073
  2. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  3. Publication date
    16 October 2018
  4. Language
    English
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    3567 KB
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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 ( 2014).

About the Author

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 ( 2014).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HCJCGHT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (16 October 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3567 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 533 pages
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Joe Uscinski is associate professor in the University of Miami Political Science Department.

Professor Uscinski originally hails from New Hampshire. He received his B.A. from Plymouth State University and his M.A. from University of New Hampshire. Joe earned his PhD in American politics at the University of Arizona.

Joe teaches courses on and researches conspiracy theories, media bias, public opinion, popular culture, elections, Congress, the Constitution, and the presidency.

Professor Uscinski is the author of The People's News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism (New York University Press, 2014) and American Conspiracy Theories with Joseph M. Parent (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Mike C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very illuminating
Reviewed in the United States on 21 June 2023
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This is a nice anthology of writings from people around the world addressing various aspects of conspiratorial thought and action.
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jcmacc
4.0 out of 5 stars A very timely look at conspiracy theories, their followers and their impact
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2021
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Current politics around the world is driven by conspiracy theories to an extent that's fairly frightening. While many are about partisan politics (accusing the opposition of nefarious deeds), others are focused on science and social policy with anti-vaccination being of key importance at the moment given that pseudo-scientific objections to vaccines will prolong a global pandemic leading to more deaths. This book is an excellent collection of articles and research papers on conspiracies theories, their impacts and - in particular - the psychology of why conspiracy-based thinking is so important to many people.

The various articles take an interesting set of positions (e.g. one questions if we really should reject conspiracy-based ideas out of hand) and cover issues around the world but with a focus on the US and the West. At a time when bizarre Q-Anon believers are becoming US elected representatives it's easy to believe conspiracy-based politics is a new social-media driven phenomenon but the book is excellent at showing that much within current politics represents a trend for what's always been there, based on constants within human psychology and based on the same types of misinformation and manipulation that have been used for decades or more.

Recommended.
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Daniel D.
4.0 out of 5 stars Academic and thorough
Reviewed in the United States on 3 July 2019
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This book is very helpful to understand the world of conspiracy theories and how to work with it. Numerous contributors, mostly academics, share differing viewpoints, personal experiences, and ideas. If you want a discussion and analysis of specific conspiracy theories, look elsewhere. This book gets into psychology, behavior, and essential role of conspiracy theories in a free society.
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W. Straka
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Very Thorough Treatment
Reviewed in the United States on 15 August 2021
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This book provided a very thorough treatment of conspiracy theories in society. My only regret is that it was published before QAnon and it’s came into being. That would have provided an interesting chapter subject.

I find this an excellent non-ideological approach to looking at conspiracy theories and theorists.
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W& E. Black
4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff if you're interested in people rather than conspiracy...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2019
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This is a series of papers given at an academic conference a couple of years ago and so the papers range fro 'dry as dust' statistics to gut wrenching accounts of what happens when a respected academic casually tells some conspiracy nutter that he's nuts...

It's a a big long book, best read episodically rather than as a narrative, but there is an issue with that. The index is dreadful but I gather this is often the case with pre publication version of a book. The annotations and foot notes are superb...
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It's essentially in three parts, the first third defines the people involved statistically, the second on how these things both start and spread and the third looks at the senior figures involved but nobody actually sas that the men, and interestingly they all seem to be men, are barking mad, and, incredibly, this includes David Eyck, a man notorious for being followed by an audience that usually feels more at home in a comedy club...

No mention of vast government conspiracies, possibly because there is already a seemingly respectable branch of academia busy chasing the doing of the intelligence services, and, of course, intelligence agencies do actually exist, which may well be untrue for the Illuminati and an assortment of others...

Anyway, the next time you're wandering through the wilder outreaches of YouTube or facebook this will pretty much let you know who it is you're dealing with, if you're prepared to spend £19 to find out...
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