{"product_id":"whispers-in-the-echo-chamber-folklore-and-the-role-of-conspiracy-theory-in-contemporary-society-hardback-9780299350604","title":"Whispers in the Echo Chamber; Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society (Hardback) 9780299350604","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhispers in the Echo Chamber\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFolklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJesse A. Fivecoate (Edited by), Andrea Kitta (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299350604\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w illus., 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“A substantial contribution that makes the important point that conspiracy theories are traditional and performative—a form of folk narrative. Showing these linkages gives this volume a particular power.” - Gary Alan Fine, author of \u003cem\u003eTiny Publics: A Theory of Group Culture and Action\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is a welcome addition, enlarging and deepening our understanding of conspiracy theories: accusatory, vernacular products, shaped by our new media, that worryingly provide the wrong answers even to the right questions.” - Véronique Campîon-Vincent, author of \u003cem\u003eOrgan Theft Legends\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhispers in the Echo Chamber: Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that conspiracy theories are fundamentally a folklore genre, akin to and often involving other belief narratives like rumor and legend. The editors and contributors show that studying conspiracy theories using the tools of folkloristics is a fruitful and necessary analytical exercise. The volume’s three parts lay out folkloristic approaches to conspiracy theories; ways folkloristics can help us understand how conspiracy theories are constructed; and how the genre of conspiracy theories interacts with particular, contemporary political contexts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jesse A. Fivecoate and Andrea Kitta’s timely volume complements studies from political science, sociology, psychology, history, and more, while also crucially calling for the field of folklore studies to engage more fully with conspiracy theories as a genre. Focusing on modern iterations of sometimes quite ancient conspiracy motifs and themes, the volume forcibly illustrates the crucial relevance of this prevalent and influential form of folklore in today’s interconnected world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Conspiracy Theory: A Folkloristic Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Folkloric Approaches\u003cbr\u003e 1 What History Tells Us about QAnon\u003cbr\u003e Bill Ellis\u003cbr\u003e 2 Interrogating “\u003cbr\u003eConspiracism”\u003cbr\u003e and the Relationship between Historical and Contemporary Conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e David Guignion\u003cbr\u003e Theories\u003cbr\u003e 3 The SLAP Test and Conspiracy Theories about COVID-19, Bill Gates, and the Denver Airport\u003cbr\u003e Jeannie Banks Thomas\u003cbr\u003e 4 QAnon in Four Pieces: Toward a Folkloric Understanding of a Superconspiracy\u003cbr\u003e John Bodner\u003cbr\u003e Part II. (De)Constructing Conspiracy Theories\u003cbr\u003e 5 Worse Than the Disease: The Mask Cartoons of Ben Garrison\u003cbr\u003e Ian Brodie\u003cbr\u003e 6 Conspiracy Theories as a Form of Literature\u003cbr\u003e Lisa M. Ruch\u003cbr\u003e 7 Computational Methods for the Study of Conspiracy Theories\u003cbr\u003e Timothy R. Tangherlini, Shadi Shahsavari, Pavan Holur, and Vwani Roychowdhury\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Circulation and Political Contexts\u003cbr\u003e 8 Conspiracy Thinking as Political Boundary Work: COVID-19 Conspiracy Narratives in Iran\u003cbr\u003e Afsane Rezaei\u003cbr\u003e 9 I Tell My People the Truth: COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and the Performance of Vernacular Authority in Religious Social Networks in Malawi\u003cbr\u003e Anika Wilson\u003cbr\u003e 10 When a Demonology Meets Live-Action Role-Play: QAnon and the Creation of a Social Media Witch Scare\u003cbr\u003e Sandra Grady\u003cbr\u003e 11 Can Narratives Counteract Conspiratorial Thinking?\u003cbr\u003e Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676668719384,"sku":"9780299350604","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whispers-in-the-echo-chamber-folklore-and-the-role-of-conspiracy-theory-in-contemporary-society-hardback-9780299350604","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}