Mark Fenster's _Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture_ has just come out in a revised edition that deals with 9/11 conspiracy theories. The original included analysis of the alt.conspiracy Usenet newsgroup. Here's the link: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/f/fenster_conspiracy.html
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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