Understanding conspiracy theories

KM Douglas, JE Uscinski, RM Sutton… - Political …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years,
and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we …

The social life of rumors: Uncertainty in everyday encounters between the military, Taliban, and tribal Pashtun in Pakistan

A Maqsood - Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and …, 2019 - read.dukeupress.edu
Abstract In the aftermath of 9/11, with respect to the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan have been the site of immense …

Determining emotions and the burden of proof in investigative commissions to Palestine

LA Allen - Comparative studies in society and history, 2017 - cambridge.org
The conflict in Palestine has been the subject of numerous international investigative
commissions over the past century. These have been dispatched by governments to …

Constructing the Establishment-Foreign Enemy Conspiracies: A Comparative Analysis of the Media Framing in the USA and Egypt

T Farag - Global Media Journal-German Edition, 2024 - globalmediajournal.de
Conspiracy theories present a relevant phenomenon in society and are studied within
different disciplines. One of the aspects of analyzing conspiracy theories is understanding …

Sovereignty at what price? Existential displacement at the Lebanese/Syrian border

M Obeid - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In 2014, Islamist jihadist groups overran a Lebanese border town and besieged it for four
days, spreading terror across the town and the country as a whole. In response, the …

Individualne i socijalne odrednice vjerovanja u teorije zavjere

V Madjar - 2022 - repozitorij.erf.unizg.hr
Sažetak Pandemija virusa COVID-19 preplavila je ljude diljem svijeta brojnim
neprovjerenim, pseudoznanstvenim i uznemirujućim informacijama i potaknula razvoj …

From Dictatorship Syndrome to False Truths: The Political Evolution of Alaa al-Aswany

D Faruqi - International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2022 - cambridge.org
The majority of Egyptians are happy to be oppressed... They hated the revolution from the
beginning because it embarrassed them in front of themselves... The Egyptians live in the …

The Truth is Out There: The Use of Conspiracy Theories by Radical Violent Extremist Organizations

G Rousis - 2018 - digitalcommons.unf.edu
This paper sought to examine conspiracy theory (CT) use across three types of groups:
radical violent extremists (RVE), non-violent extremists, and moderates. Using the theory of …