Examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world.
Commissioned by recognised experts on area studies and conspiracy theories, making use of the existing COMPACT (Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories) network run by Butter and Knight.
Presents case studies on how Covid conspiracism has played out, using a range of methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Michael Butter is Professor of American Studies at the University of Tubingen, Germany. He also directs the ERC-funded project Populism and Conspiracy Theory. He is the author of The Nature of Conspiracy Theories (2020) and coeditor of the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories (2020).
Peter Knight is Professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. His research is on conspiracy theories and the economic humanities. He is the author of Conspiracy Culture, The Kennedy Assassination, and Reading the Market and is co-author of Invested and Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 . He is coeditor of the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories.
Title: Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective
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ISBN: 9781032359434
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2023-02-07
Number of Pages: 398
Weight: 0.5932 kg