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Nikola Roßbach (ed.)

Zensur

Series: NomosHandbuch

Volume 2024

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Claus Oberhauser V.3 Populismus und Verschwörungstheorien S. 581-594

„… Prooijen, Jan-Willem (2018): Empowerment as a tool to reduce belief in conspiracy theories,in: Uscinski …” „… (Hrsg.): Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories, London, New York: Routledge,S. 330–343.Bogner …” „… Relation Between Populism and Belief in Conspiracy Theories, in: Swiss PoliticalScience Review 23, S …”

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Juan D. Lindau - Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual

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Juan D. Lindau

Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual

2022

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Chapter 12: Conspiracy Theories and Other Impacts of Social Media Platforms S. 219-242

„… Donald Trump’s valiant battle to protect children and families.Throughout that year, conspiracy theories …” „… . QAnon and other conspiracy theories flourished on Twitter as well.Trump responded to Twitter’s use of …” „… of conspiracy theories. A foretaste of this phenomenon arose during the Trump-led “birther” movement …”

Index S. 291-308

„… surveillance in, 247–49; conspiracy theories on, 225–29, 234; Ecuador in, 245, 260; EU in, 255–56; France in …” „… QAnon conspiracy theory, 225–30; Trump and, 87, 90, 95, 114Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA), 81 …” „… ; conspiracy theories on, 219, 234–35, 240; EU and, 224, 286; free information to, 205; in Myanmar, 232–33; in …”

Chapter 1: The Transition from the Industrial to the Digital Age S. 1-20

„… theories about the nefarious activities of a “deep state.”In the United States, conspiracy theories …” „… capacities. At the extreme, some are figuratively inclined to wear “tinfoil hats” and brood over conspiracy …” „… attitudes of conspiracy theo-rists, “I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately …”

doi.org/10.5771/9781538173527

Michael D. Gambone - Modern Conspiracies in America

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Michael D. Gambone

Modern Conspiracies in America

2022

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Preface

„… States—History—20th century. | Conspiracies—United States—History. | Conspiracy theories—United …” „… about conspiracy theories. Aside from some Mythbusters episodes, the odd urban legend in high school …” „… whole new universe of conspiracy theories online. It was a nice distraction from a book that I was …”

Selected Bibliography S. 221-226

„… : https://www.metabunk.orgPolitifact: https://www.politifact.com Snopes: http://www.snopes.com9/119/11 Conspiracy Theories—Debunking …” „… / Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth: http://www.ae911truth.org Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and …” „… .Brotherton, Rob. Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe in Conspiracy Theories. New York: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015 …”

Notes S. 177-218

„… -deaths-false-claim-qanon-trump/index.html.30. Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful,” The Atlantic, August 18 …” „… ), 339.7. Rob Brotherton, Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe in Conspiracy Theories (New York: Bloomsbury …” „… Brotherton, Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe in Conspiracy Theories (New York: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015 …”

Ch10. QAnon: Enemies inside the Gates S. 139-152

„… retweeted posts that amplified its conspiracy theories. During his four years in office, Trump indulged …” „… assessed QAnon “as less of an organization and more of a complex set of conspiracy theories.” In the weeks …” „… to QAnon conspiracy theories. Believers included dozens of congressional candidates in 2020 and at …”

Ch08. The 2016 Election S. 113-124

„… when he indulged in his own private conspiracy theories. It was one of the reasons the Watergate tapes …” „… Trump (35 percent) as more honest than Clinton (33 percent).20The conspiracy theory regarding illegal …” „… LEFTIf conspiracy theories were deeply embedded among conservatives, the same was true among Americans …”

Ch09. The 2020 “Plandemic” S. 125-138

„… antivaccination sentiments, in other cases by virtue of new conspiracy theories linking medical authority to …” „… framework for COVID-19 when it began to emerge in America during the spring of 2020. Old conspiracy theories …” „… country away from the core problem at hand.COVID-19 conspiracy theories rapidly spread throughout the …”

Ch11. Stop the Steal! The 2020 Election S. 153-168

„… Louie Gohmert offered one of the most bizarre and all-inclusive conspiracy theories that followed the …” „… Unfortunately, despite repeated failures to negate the election outcome, conspiracy theories continued forward …” „… . Trump remained the undisputed master of Twitter, and his daily posts prompted a constant stream of …”

Index S. 227-236

„… September 11th, 60–61, 64, 70–72, 74, 77.conspiracy theories, 6, 172; and the 2016 election, 115–18; and …” „… , 141, 149–50, 153; and 2020 election, 160; and China, 93, 126, 131, 134; conspiracy theories about, 128 …” „… , 28; and Bay of Pigs, 42; inventing “conspiracy theory” term, 2; and Kennedy assassination, 47–48; and …”

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Donald A. Barclay

Disinformation

2022

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7: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Truth Culture S. 187-222

„… conspiracy theories that speak to your own fears and biases.THE TYPES OF CONSPIRACY THEORIESConspiracy …” „… THEORIESWhile being able to identify the characteristics of conspiracy theories is a useful skill for sorting …” „… plans that are most readily explained through the vehicle of conspiracy theories.Nothing Is as It …”

4: As We May Come to Think S. 81-116

„… hate, conspiracy theories, misinformation, threats, lies, libels, and slander. (For the record, a …” „… conspiracy theories surrounding the sink-ing of the Titanic; however, the bulk of the information you find …” „… conspiracy theories in the hypothetical university library of 1985 is that campus librarians, acting in the …”

8: The Powerful Influence of Popular Culture—Amplified by Digital Technology—On the Post-Truth Culture S. 223-256

„… confirm existing biases, a trait it has in common with conspiracy theories. For any-one holding a class …” „… culture theories that have become fixtures in the popular The Powerful Influence of Popular Culture 225 …” „… , these theories remain capable of influencing real- world decisions? For just as hawks still invoke …”

6: Information Wants to Be Free—and Why It Is Not S. 147-186

„… cigarette smoking? • Millions of people accept unfounded conspiracy theories as fact. Does that make it okay …” „… conspiracy theories, and spread blatantly false informa-tion because banning those posters—especially those …” „… other, less- prominent users with histories of promot-ing hatred, unfounded conspiracy theories, and …”

Preface

„… various conspiracy theories and politically motivated disinformation to which he had become vulnerable as …” „… culture’s obsession with con-spiracy theories, explaining how conspiracy theories manage to gain footholds …” „… , the Bad, and the Persuasive 1176 Information Wants to Be Free—And Why It Is Not 1477 Conspiracy …”

Index S. 257-282

„… Evangelical Christianity, 24, 35, 93, 197event conspiracy theories, 199–200Evil Empire, fictional trope, 206 …” „… , 44systematic conspiracy theories, 199–200Taipei, Taiwan, 166talk radio, 132, 134tangible goods, 147 …” „… Catalog, 147whole-cloth conspiracy theories, 202Wi-Fi, 166Wikileaks, 71Wikipedia, online encyclopedia …”

5: Propaganda S. 117-146

„… inspire anti- Semitic conspiracy theories. Present- day social media is full of examples of black …” „… , 2019).15. Caitlin Flanagan, “How Late- Night Comedy Fueled the Rise of Trump,” The Atlantic, accessed …” „… - alienated - conservatives - made - liberals - smug - and - fueled - the - rise - of - trump/521472/.16. John …”

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Pamela A. Zeiser, Berrin A. Beasley - Social Media Ethics and COVID-19

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Social Media Ethics and COVID-19

2022

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Part I: Social Media, COVID-19, and Truth S. 7-82

„… January and August is littered with emergent strains of conspiracy theories.Summer 2020On June 29, 2020, a …” „… , wherein participants who actively spread and proselytize conspiracy theories around COVID-19 are …” „… conspiracy theories with two primary strains: pointing out the perceived hypocrisy of governmental and health …”

Part II: Social Media, COVID-19, and Well-Being S. 83-148

„… social media as toxic environ-ments or a place where conspiracy theories were propagated. However, in …” „… extreme conspiracy theories; while we often call these “right-wing” conspiracy theories, we were not …” „… tweet comes after that advice and still during the Trump Adminis-tration. More replies to this tweet …”

Index S. 157-160

„… conspiracy theories, 1, 3, 32–33, 36–37, 39, 41–43, 47, 53, 55–56, 58–59, 102, 115–17, 128; conspiracist …” „… , 100–103tourism, online, 4, 94transparency, 14–15, 17–20, 25, 27, 50Trump, Donald J., 2, 37–39, 41, 55 …” „… , 69–71, 75, 118–21, 134, 136Trump Jr., Donald, 45, 47Twitter, 2–4, 10, 18, 20, 24–27, 32, 36–38, 40 …”

Introduction S. 1-6

„… heritage; and escalate conspiracy theories detrimental to public health. Such drawbacks of social media …” „… offers a sobering and nuanced analysis of the communal ownership and copiability of conspiracy theories …” „… . Trump’s dissemination of misinformation via Twitter. Together, these disciplines and chapters reinforce …”

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