Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19

Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK.

List of contents

Introduction: Pandemic, Plandemic, Infodemic 1. Deep Background: The Contexts of Conspiracy Theory 2. Infodemic: Metaphor, Measurement and Moral Panic 3. A Year of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories: Part 1 4. A Year of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories: Part 2 5. Coalitions of Distrust: Features of Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories 6. Conspiracy Entrepreneurs and Marketplace Bots 7. Infrastructural Design and Disinfo Capitalism Conclusion: Confronting Conspiracism

About the author

Clare Birchall is Professor of Contemporary Culture at King’s College London, UK. She is the author of Knowledge Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip, Shareveillance: The Dangers of Openly Sharing and Covertly Collecting Data, and Radical Secrecy: The Ends of Transparency in Datafied America.
Peter Knight is Professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Conspiracy Culture, The Kennedy Assassination, and Reading the Market, and is co-author of Invested. He is the editor of Conspiracy Nation and Conspiracy Theories in American History, and the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories.

Summary

Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Birchall, Clare (King''s College London Birchall, Clare Knight Birchall, Birchall Clare, Peter Knight
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032325125
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232512-5
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Conspiracy Theories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Infectious & contagious diseases, United States of America, USA, Conspiracy Theories, Infectious and contagious diseases