December 2013
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... While it can be used non-pejoratively in reference to any hypothesis about any conspiratorial plot, the label "conspiracy theory" is conventionally applied to whatever is considered an unequivocally ridiculous, unfounded narrative, which is scoffed at and easily debunked (Sunstein and Vermeule, 2009). Once labelled a "conspiracy theory", a hypothesis tends to be dismissed out of hand as being unfounded and even paranoid (see Bratich, 2008;Husting and Orr, 2007;deHaven-Smith, 2013). This shows not only in lay users' discourse but also in many academic publications that make (sometimes unfounded) a priori assumptions about selected conspiracy theories, equating them with "misinformation". ...
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December 2013