A Lot of People Are Saying by Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell Muirhead

A Lot of People Are Saying

by Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead

How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about it

Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, how it undermines democracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.

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Does a decent job of theorizing the runaway conspiracy theories on the US right-wing, but ignores several key structural factors. Zooms in a little too much on the Trump presidency without situating it in the larger media/knowledge-generating context. A good read nonetheless.

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