[Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 50, Issue 10

Gary Hall gary.hall at connectfree.co.uk
Fri Sep 12 05:44:58 PDT 2008


For more on conspiracy theory, you could see Clare Birchall's Knowledge 
Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip (London: Berg, 2006). There 
is also her essay in Culture Machine, Vol. 6, 2004: 'Just Because You're 
Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You'. It's online at:

http://www.culturemachine.net/index.php/cm/article/view/12/11

Gary

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School of Art and Design, Coventry University
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My website http://www.garyhall.info




Gary

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> From: CJ Pascoe <c.j.pascoe at coloradocollege.edu>
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> 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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> Thanks,
> CJ
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> From: "Erika S. Poole" <erika at cc.gatech.edu>
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> You might be interested in the book "The Age of Anxiety: Conspiracy 
> Theory and the Human Sciences"
> edited by J. Parish and M. Parker.
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> Best of luck!
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> Erika Shehan Poole
> PhD student, Human-Centered Computing
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~erika
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> CJ Pascoe wrote:
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>> 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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>> 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
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> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:05:31 -0500
> From: Holly Kruse <holly-kruse at utulsa.edu>
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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:
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> http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/f/fenster_conspiracy.html
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>> 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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> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:14:57 -0700
> From: KMV <cuuixsilver at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Conspiracy Groups
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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:rss:events.rss:061030145547-TANGENT_CONSPIRACY
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> You need access through a library or university though.
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> Best,
>
> Kim
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> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:54 PM, CJ Pascoe
> <c.j.pascoe at coloradocollege.edu>wrote:
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>> 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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