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Conspiracies theories are some of the most striking features in the American political landscape: the Kennedy assassination, aliens at Roswell, subversion by Masons, Jews, Catholics, or communists, and modern movements like Birtherism and Trutherism. But what do we really know about conspiracy theories? Do they share general causes? Are they becoming more common? More dangerous? Who is targeted and why? Who are the conspiracy theorists? How has technology affected conspiracy theorizing? This book draws on three sources of original, systematic, data—120,000 letters to the editor of the New York Times and Chicago Tribune from 1890 and 2010, a two-wave survey around the 2012 presidential election, and a representative sample of Internet discussions—to offer the first century-long view of these issues. Many popular explanations find little support, but an explicitly political explanation fares well. To succeed, conspiracy theories need to follow a strategic logic that mirrors shifts in power. From this perspective, conspiracy theories are a form of threat perception that tracks foreign and domestic power asymmetries to focus attention, integrate groups, and recover from setbacks.

Conspiracy theories --- Théories du complot --- History --- Errors, inventions, etc.

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Conspiracies --- Conspiracy theories --- Conspiration --- Théories du complot --- Psychological aspects. --- Aspect psychologique --- Théories du complot

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"From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being--yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. In Foolproof, one of the world's leading experts on misinformation lays out a crucial new paradigm for understanding and defending ourselves against the worldwide infodemic."--

Misinformation. --- Communication --- Social psychology. --- Truthfulness and falsehood. --- Social media --- Fake news --- Conspiracy theories --- Mésinformation. --- Psychologie sociale. --- Médias sociaux --- Fausses nouvelles --- Théories du complot --- social psychology. --- Psychological aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Aspect psychologique. --- Aspect moral. --- Aspect social. --- Misinformation --- Disinformation --- Social psychology --- Truthfulness and falsehood --- Psychological aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social aspects

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La modernité a donné un souffle nouveau à l’esprit de conspiration, dont on observe aujourd’hui plus qu’hier de fascinants avatars. Des grands mythes politiques au complot de la Lune, les conspirations semblent tout à la fois issues d’un autre âge et ancrées dans notre plus vive actualité. Trop souvent noyées dans des considérations politiques ou des jugements moraux, les analyses traditionnelles se privent d’une réflexion précieuse sur les mécanismes de la persuasion qui sont au cœur de cet ouvrage. Rassemblant ici plusieurs spécialistes des « théories du complot », Emmanuelle Danblon et Loïc Nicolas les invitent à interroger les paradoxes de ce phénomène en adoptant la démarche rhétorique comme moyen d’enquête. L’antique discipline, éclairée par la topique contemporaine, permet de penser ces constructions théoriques de l’intérieur, dans leurs mots, dans leur rationalité et dans les preuves qu’elles construisent pour donner ou créer du sens, parfois à tout prix. Réflexions théoriques et études de cas se complètent pour offrir une vision plus fine du conspirationnisme et, tout compte fait, des différentes façons de dire et de penser le monde en faisant le difficile exercice de la liberté.

Conspiracy theories --- Conspiracies --- Persuasion (Rhetoric) --- Théories du complot --- Conspiration --- Argumentation --- Psychological aspects --- Aspect psychologique --- Rhetoric philosophical essay --- Persuation (Rhetoric) --- Propaganda. --- Conspiracy theories. --- Conspiracies. --- Théories du complot --- Conspiracies - Psychological aspects --- Psychological aspects. --- Rhetoric philosophical essay. --- théories du complot --- mythes --- rhétorique --- complotisme --- théorie du complot --- complots --- conjurationnisme --- conspirationnisme --- pensée conspirationniste --- désinformation --- conspirations --- causalité --- ontologie --- sémantique --- cognition sociale --- biais cognitifs --- erreurs de conjonction --- scepticisme --- intentionnalité --- Jean-Baptiste Louvet (1760-1797) --- franc-maçonnerie --- Humanum genus (1884) --- pape Léon XIII --- antimaçonnisme --- Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) --- antisémitisme --- alunissage --- théories du complot en Chine --- récits conspirationnistes --- 11 septembre 2001 --- mécanismes du conspirationnisme --- persuasion

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"How--and why-- were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period? In this ground-breaking book, David G. Robertson argues that UFOs symbolized an uncertainty about the boundaries between scientific knowledge and other ways of validating knowledge, and thus became part of a shared vocabulary. Through historical and ethnographic case studies of three prominent figures--novelist and abductee Whitley Strieber; environmentalist and reptilian proponent David Icke; and David Wilcock, alleged reincarnation of Edgar Cayce--the investigation reveals that millennial conspiracism offers an explanation as to why the prophesied New Age failed to arrive--it was prevented from arriving by malevolent, hidden others. Yet millennial conspiracism constructs a counter-elite, a gnostic third party defined by their special knowledge. An overview of the development of UFO subcultures from the perspective of religious studies, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age is an innovative application of discourse analysis to the study of present day alternative religion."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Human-alien encounters. --- Conspiracy theories. --- New Age movement. --- Millennialism. --- Amillennialism --- Chiliasm --- Millenarianism --- Millennianism --- Postmillennialism --- Premillennialism --- Dispensationalism --- Fundamentalism --- Millennium (Eschatology) --- Aquarian Age movement --- Cults --- Social movements --- Occultism --- History --- Alien encounters with humans --- Alien-human contacts --- Alien-human encounters --- Close encounters of the third kind --- Contacts of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Encounters of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Extraterrestrial encounters with humans --- Extraterrestrial-human encounters --- Human-alien contacts --- Human contacts with extraterrestrial beings --- Human encounters with extraterrestrial beings --- Unidentified flying objects --- Extraterrestrial beings --- Errors, inventions, etc. --- Sightings and encounters --- Strieber, Whitley. --- Icke, David. --- Wilcock, David, --- Cayce, Edgar, --- Strieber, Louis Whitley --- Barry, Jonathan, --- Striber, Uitli --- שטרייבר, ויטלי --- Rencontres avec les extraterrestres --- Théories du complot --- Nouvel Age (Mouvement) --- Millénarisme --- Icke, David --- aquarian conspiracies --- Millennial Conspiracism --- UFOs --- Conspiracism --- popular Millennialism --- the Cold War --- 1947-1987 --- Whitley Strieber --- the Abductee Narrative --- David Icke --- the Reptilian Thesis --- the Science of Oneness --- David Wilcock --- 2012 Millennialism