Although conspiracy theories have arguably always been an important feature of social life,
they have only attracted the attention of social psychologists in recent years. The last …

In this ethnographic study, the author takes an agnostic stance towards the truth value of
conspiracy theories and delves into the everyday lives of people active in the conspiracy …

Through a series of specific questions that cut to the core of conspiracism as a global social
and cultural phenomenon this book deconstructs the logic and rhetoric of conspiracy …

Conspiracy theories (CTs) are widespread ways by which people make sense of unsettling
or disturbing cultural events. Belief in CTs is often connected to problematic consequences …

The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated
realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics) may seem antithetical …

Past research has demonstrated that conspiracy belief is linked to a low level of self-
reported general trust. In four experimental online studies (total N= 1105) we examined …

I first came across the internet when I saw the famous web-cam set up by researchers in the
Cambridge University computing department, which they used to keep an eye on the coffee …

Despite their stigma, conspiracy theories are hugely popular today and have pervaded
mainstream culture. Increasingly, such theories expanded into large master schemes of …

By exploring the hidden correspondences between classical anarchism, Renaissance
magic and occult philosophy, this chapter advances the critical study of Left-political …

The YouTube video-sharing platform is one of the most important sites for the dissemination
of conspiracy theory, or—to give it a more accurately descriptive term—conspiracy fantasy …