More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #36B: Conspiracism |
Conspiracy
(from online encyclopedia) |
Fake
News (from online encyclopedia) |
Pseudohistory
(from online encyclopedia) |
UFO
Conspiracy Theory (from online encyclopedia) |
Mooon
Hoax (a classic example of a conspiracy theory, from online
encyclopedia) |
John
F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
(from online encyclopedia) |
Shakespeare
Authorship Question (more about issue some connect with conspiracy
theory, from online encyclopedia) |
Conspiracy
Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories (official
website of publisher) |
Worldview
Watch issue #36: Kennedy, Shakespeare, Conspiracism, Elitism, and Missing the Real Story |
Worldview
Watch issue #24: Unvaccinated Children, Public Health, and Worldviews |
Worldview
Watch issue #2: Conspiracism on Talk Radio |
Conspiracy-net:
The Most Definitive Conspiracy Theory Portal on the Web |
No
Such Thing as Paranoia: On the Culture of Conspiracism |
"#QAnon,
the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory, explained" by Jane
Coaston (August 1 2018 post on VOX) |
"Magical
Thinking in America" by Frank S. Robinson (from his Nov 2017 blog) |
Superstition,
Magical Thinking, and Gun Laws (w/ comments on 2018 book Enchanted
America by Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood
from The Economist
Oct 7 2017) |
“NASA
Denies That It’s a Running Child Slave Colony on Mars” by Ben Collins
(June 29 2017 report posted on The
Daily Beast) |
Killers
of the Flower Moon by David Grann
(NY Times Book Review
by Dave Eggers Feb 28 2017
story of “one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history”) |
Great
Conspiracy Theories of 2016 by Elle Hunt (article in The
Guardian Dec 22 2016) |
Pizzagate:
From Rumor to Hashtag to Gunfire in DC by Marc Fisher etal. (report
about fake news story in The Washington Post
Dec 6 2016) |
"John
Oliver hilariously explains YouTube conspiracy theories" by Chris
Smith (March 28 2016 post of video) |
"Science
vs Conspiracy: Collective Narratives in the Age of Misinformation"
by Alessandro Bessi etal Feb 2015 |
American
Conspiracy Theories by J. Uscinski and J. Parent (more on this 2014
book from Oxford University Press) |
"US
Postal Service Joins Federal Ammo Purchases" (Apr 2014 article
about conspiracy theory re government plan to drive up price of ammo) |
"The
Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton" by
Hamilton Nolan (April 11 2014 article posted on Gawker.com) |
"NSA and Cryptography: Cracked Credibility"
(of interest to conspiracy theorists, article in The Economist Sep 14 2013) |
"From
Global Warming to Fluoride--Why Do People Deny Science?" by A. Varki
and D. Brower (May 25 2013 article on Salon.com) |
The
Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies
by Michael Shermer (2011 book) |
Cults,
Conspiracies, and Secret Societies by Arthur Goldwag (review of this
2009 book) |
"Skeptic:
Paranoia Strikes Deep"
by Michael Shermer (essay in September 2009 issue Scientific
American) |
"The
Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Richard Hofstadter (classic
1964 essay relevant to conspiracy theory) |
Global
Advanced Trait: Paranoia |
Conspiracy
Planet -- Alternative News & History Network |
Conspiracy
Digest |
Skeptical
Report on UN Agenda 21 viewed as "Smart Growth Communism"
Conspiracy by Tea Partiers (article in March 2011 issue of Mother
Jones) |
The
Listener, by Timothy Lavin (Jan 2010 Atlantic article re: Coast
to Coast AM's "conspiratorial worldview") |
Coast
to Coast AM Radio Show website (popular talk show build around a
"conspiratorial worldview") |
The
American Denial of Global Warming (12/12/2007 UCTV program looks at
reasons for this) |
"Fantasy
Island" by Jacob Weisberg ("conspiracy thinking is
flourishing on the right" May 2011 Slate article) |
Donald
Trump's New Obama Conspiracy Theory by Michelle Goldberg (Apr 2011
post on The Daily Beast) |
"UFO
Encounter Revealed After Almost 40 Years By Ex-Military Pilot" (April
2012 story from The Huffington Post) |
UFOs
in the FBI's Vault by Mike Krumboltz (April 2011 report on conspiracy
theory involving FBI) |
Mrs.
Paine's Garage (and the Murder of JFK) by T. Mallon (2003 book
w/ good discussion of conspiracy theories) |
Conspiracy
Theories (1999 article, from atheist perspective) |
Post
9/11 Conspiracism (from Political Research Associates Website) |
"The
Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Richard Hofstadter
(summary of this 1964 essay by historian) |
Criticism
of Conspiracism, by Chip Berlet (subtitled Conspiracism and
Right Wing Populism) |
Conspiracism
as a Flawed Worldview |
Conspiracy
Theorists (organization challenging conspiracism) |
Conspiracy:
How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From, by Daniel
Pipes-Washington Post bookreview |
The
Roots of Conspiracy Denial (another review of Pipes' book) |
quotes
involving conspiracy and related terms |