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? Thanks, CJ ___________________________________________ C.J. Pascoe Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Colorado College Phone: 719-389-6735 Web: http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~cpascoe Dude Book: http://ucpress.edu/books/pages/10671.html Digital Youth: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu
You might be interested in the book "The Age of Anxiety: Conspiracy Theory and the Human Sciences" edited by J. Parish and M. Parker. Best of luck! Erika Shehan Poole PhD student, Human-Centered Computing Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~erika CJ Pascoe 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?
Thanks, CJ ___________________________________________ C.J. Pascoe Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Colorado College
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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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In 2006 V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam had an even called Tangent Conspiracy. As part of That, Florian Cramer gave a great talk about the connection between the web and conspiracies. The video is archived here: http://www.v2.nl/portal2004/events/channel/item.sxml?uri=urn:v2:portal2004:r... He talks about the web as inherently paranoid, about hacker culture and conspiracy theories, and a historical survey of some representative conspiracies, and mentions 9/11. It might be helpful as an example of a different way of framing. Also, I believe Brian Massumi has done some useful writing about 9/11 paranoia generally: "Fear (The Spectrum Said)" *positions: east asia cultures critique* 13.1 (2005) 31-48 -- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/positions/v013/13.1massumi.html and this: "Potential Politics and the Primacy of Preemption" Theory and Event 10:2 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v010/10.2massumi.html You need access through a library or university though. Best, Kim On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:54 PM, 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?
Thanks, CJ ___________________________________________ C.J. Pascoe Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Colorado College
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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?
Thanks, CJ ___________________________________________ C.J. Pascoe Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Colorado College
Phone: 719-389-6735 Web: http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~cpascoe<http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/%7Ecpascoe> Dude Book: http://ucpress.edu/books/pages/10671.html Digital Youth: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu
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