What To Do About Conspiracy Theories? Academic Entanglements in Conflicts Over Truths

• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2024; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Annan humaniora; Annan humaniora och konst; Anthropology; Communication studies; Computing and Information Technology; Conspiracy Theories; Cultural & Social; Cultural and media studies; Cultural Studies; debunking conspiracy theories; Education; Greek environmentalism; HPV immunisation; Humaniora och konst; Humanities; Humanities and the Arts; Information technology: general topics; Interdisciplinary studies; Internet: general works; IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations; Jurisprudence and general issues; Kulturstudier; Law; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Library and information sciences / Museology; media and communication; Media and Communication Studies; Media and Communications; Media Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Medie-, kommunikations-, och informationsvetenskaper; Medievetenskap; Other Humanities; Philosophy; Philosophy and Religion; Philosophy and theory of education; Political activism / Political engagement; Political campaigning and advertising; Political Science; Political Science (excluding Peace and Conflict Studies); Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies); Politics and government; Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints; Psychology; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Samhällsvetenskap; Social and cultural anthropology; Social Anthropology; Social groups, communities and identities; Social law and Medical law; Social Science; Social Sciences; Social, group or collective psychology; Socialantropologi; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Statsvetenskap; Statsvetenskap (exklusive freds- och konfliktforskning); Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier); The Arts; The arts: general topics; media and communication; debunking conspiracy theories; Conspiracy Theories; Greek environmentalism; HPV immunisation

Increasingly social activists, journalists and policy makers have expressed concern over the proliferation of conspiracy theories in the public space. There is a growing fear of their impact on social cohesion and democracy, their power to erode trust in state institutions and science. These concern...