{"product_id":"conspiracy-theories-in-the-time-of-covid19-9781032324999","title":"Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid19","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politically and culturally contextualised close readings informed by cultural studies. In contrast to other studies which often have an alarmist take on the infodemic, it places Covid-19 conspiracy theories in a longer historical perspective. It also argues against the tendency to view conspiracy theories as merely evidence of a fringe or pathological way of thinking. Instead, the starting assumption is that conspiracy theories, including Covid-19 conspiracy theories, often reflect genuine and legitimate concerns, even if their factual claims are wide of the mark. The authors examine the nature and origins of the conspiracy theories that have emerged; the identity and rationale of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this timely book, Birchall and Knight provide a much needed and nuanced account of Covid conspiracy theories. Combining both distant and close reading, they show what is new and what isn’t, and make a compelling argument that these conspiracy theories are often rooted in legitimate concerns and social anxieties.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Butter, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of American Studies, University of Tübingen, Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This essential and timely book by two leading scholars simultaneously provides a wonderful synthesis of scholarship on conspiracy theory and an insightful and informed account of the theories surrounding Covid. It’s a necessary corrective to simplistic assumptions about popular belief and disbelief and will remain relevant for decades.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Fenster, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Florida, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A careful, nuanced overview of the way conspiracy theories help make—and unmake—the world we share, and how Covid-19 conspiracy theories have seamlessly become part of broader, much older narratives about power and control, freedom and paranoia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Merlan, \u003ci\u003eAuthor of\u003c\/i\u003e Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359311855959,"sku":"9781032324999","price":31.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conspiracy-theories-in-the-time-of-covid19-9781032324999","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}