Knowledge goes pop from conspiracy theory to gossip

A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Birchall, Clare, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Culture Machine
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009809003006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Know It All; 2 Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You; 3 Cultural Studies on/as Conspiracy Theory; 4 Hot Gossip: The Cultural Politics of Speculation; 5 Sexed Up: Gossip by Stealth; Conclusion: Old Enough to Know Better? The Work of Cultural Studies; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index