Whispers in the Echo Chamber

Acknowledgments
Conspiracy Theory: A Folkloristic Introduction
Part I. Folkloric Approaches
1 What History Tells Us about QAnon
Bill Ellis
2 Interrogating "Conspiracism" and the Relationship between Historical and Contemporary Conspiracy
David Guignion
Theories
3 The SLAP Test and Conspiracy Theories about COVID-19, Bill Gates, and the Denver Airport
Jeannie Banks Thomas
4 QAnon in Four Pieces: Toward a Folkloric Understanding of a Superconspiracy
John Bodner
Part II. (De)Constructing Conspiracy Theories
5 Worse Than the Disease: The Mask Cartoons of Ben Garrison
Ian Brodie
6 Conspiracy Theories as a Form of Literature
Lisa M. Ruch
7 Computational Methods for the Study of Conspiracy Theories
Timothy R. Tangherlini, Shadi Shahsavari, Pavan Holur, and Vwani Roychowdhury
Part III. Circulation and Political Contexts
8 Conspiracy Thinking as Political Boundary Work: COVID-19 Conspiracy Narratives in Iran
Afsane Rezaei
9 I Tell My People the Truth: COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and the Performance of Vernacular Authority in Religious Social Networks in Malawi
Anika Wilson
10 When a Demonology Meets Live-Action Role-Play: QAnon and the Creation of a Social Media Witch Scare
Sandra Grady
11 Can Narratives Counteract Conspiratorial Thinking?
Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson

Contributors
Index

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• Cultura popular
• Teorias da conspiração
• Folclore, mitos e lendas

Conspiracy theory; conspiracy theories; folklore; legend; rumor; hoax; oral narrative; digital folklore; contemporary folklore; urban legend; folkloristics; vernacular knowledge; vernacular rhetoric; vernacular authority; aggregate authority; gamification; ostension; moral entreprenseurs; social panic; moral panic; Satanic Panic; conspiracism; FOAF; computational folkloristics; traditions of suspicion; QAnon; COVID-19; coronavirus; Bill Gates; Blucifer; Ben Garrison; Pizzagate; Deep State; LARPs; witchcraft trials; Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion; SLAP test; Jim Watkins; Ron Watkins; Q; Tracy Beanz Diaz; Paul Furbar; QDrops; apocalypticism; January 6; "birther" conspiracy theory; 5G; New World Order; masks; masking; assassination of JFK; assassination of John F. Kennedy; Amelia Earthart; disappearance of Amelia Earhart; Titanic; sinking of the Titanic; Hilary Clinton; John Podesta; Donald Trum; Joe Biden; anti-vaccination; vaccines; Chinese bioweapon conspiracy theory; global cabal; microchip conspiracy theory; collective action narratives; conspiratorial thinking; conspiracy thinking; conspiracy thinkers