Hi CJ, There are two books that I have to suggest. The first one that does not particularly talk about conspiracy theory groups but does have an interesting take about groups using viral and mobile technologies interestingly, is Howard Rheingold's Smart Mobs. The second, which helped me for a recent paper that I was writing, was Mike Davis' 'Ecology of Fear' which was quite a beautiful framework to look at the different perspectives and conspiracy theories and how they bolster the circuits of terror and fear. Hope they might be of some help. warmly Nishant On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:24 AM, CJ Pascoe <c.j.pascoe@coloradocollege.edu>wrote:
I'm hoping that the combined wisdom of this list can point me in the correct direction. One of my undergraduate students is writing her senior thesis on American 9/11 conspiracy theory groups. I can help her with a general sociological framing of these groups, but I'm not sure where to direct her in terms of literature on new media and conspiracy groups (apart from a good This American Life episode from National Public Radio). Do any of you have suggestions for specific articles/books on conspiracy theory groups and their use of new media?
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