RPC-Lex: A dictionary to measure German right-wing populist conspiracy discourse online. [PDF]
We describe a novel computational dictionary for the study of right-wing populist conspiracy discourse (RPC) on the internet, specifically in the context of contemporary German politics.
Puschmann C +4 more
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“Who Islamises us?”: Does political ideology moderate the effects of exposure to different Great Replacement Conspiracy explanations on radical collective action against different targets? [PDF]
Abstract Conspiracy theories against outgroups (e.g., the Great Replacement Conspiracy [GRC]) are believed to fuel radicalisation. Two experimental studies with British and American samples (Ntotal = 1690) examined how different GRC narratives and political ideologies influence radical collective action against Muslims and ideologically opposed ...
Hakan Çakmak +2 more
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Migration crisis and conspiracy in Kazuo Ishiguro [PDF]
Migration and its crises constitute an insistent theme in Kazuo Ishiguro’s fiction, where – as in real recent history – the politics of migration have a dangerously close relationship with conspiracy narratives.
Dean, Dominic
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The Politics of Covid Vaccine Hesitancy and Opposition
Abstract Opposition to vaccines is not a new phenomenon, but positions once associated with traditional religious or conservative stances have given way to some highly disparate views that transcend traditional left/right/religious divisions. This article reviews recent literature showing how social media has contributed to the spread of conspiracy ...
Tom Sorell, Jethro Butler
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“What Others Dare Not Say”:An Antisemitic Conspiracy Fantasy and its YouTube Audience [PDF]
The YouTube video-sharing platform is one of the most important sites for the dissemination of conspiracy theory, or – to give it a more accurately descriptive term – conspiracy fantasy.
Allington, Daniel, Joshi, Tanvi
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The Write Stuff: U.S. Serial Print Culture from Conservatives out to Neo-Nazis [PDF]
Insufficient scholarly attention has been devoted to alternative or "oppositional" serials from the political right, even though a number of scholars have used these materials as primary sources for studies in several academic disciplines.
Berlet, Chip
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Expert opinion on the "Working Definition of Antisemitism" of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's [PDF]
The “Working Definition of Antisemitism” recognized by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2016 is an instrument for collecting required data on and fighting antisemitism that has achieved wide dissemination.
Ullrich, Peter
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Antisemitic conspiracy fantasy in the age of digital media:Three "conspiracy theorists" and their YouTube audiences [PDF]
Conspiracy fantasy, or – to use the more common but less accurately descriptive term – “conspiracy theory”, is an enduring genre of discourse historically associated with authoritarian political movements.
Allington, Daniel +2 more
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I need some answers, now!: Present time perspective is associated with holding conspiracy beliefs [PDF]
Because conspiracy theories have many negative consequences, understanding the psychological factors underlying their endorsement is an important task for researchers.
Gorniak J. +4 more
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The Meaning of David Miller [PDF]
According to Bristol University Professor David Miller, ‘Britain is in the grip of an assault on its public sphere by the state of Israel and its advocates’. He believes ‘Bristol’s JSoc [Jewish Society. Ed], like all JSocs, operates under the auspices of
Hirsh, David
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