Conspiracy Theory Discourses
Edited by Massimiliano Demata, Virginia Zorzi and Angela Zottola
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 98] 2022. x, 509 pp.
Virginia Zorzi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Virginia Zorzi plays a role.
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Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2022 Chapter 1. Conspiracy theory discourses: Critical inquiries into the language of anti-science, post-trutherism, mis/disinformation and alternative media Conspiracy Theory Discourses, Demata, Massimiliano, Virginia Zorzi and Angela Zottola (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Chapter
2022 Chapter 16. Collective identities in the online self-representation of conspiracy theorists: The cases of climate change denial, ‘Deep State’ and ‘Big Pharma’ Conspiracy Theory Discourses, Demata, Massimiliano, Virginia Zorzi and Angela Zottola (eds.), pp. 365–392 | Chapter
A possible explanation for the success of conspiracy theories among some people is that the amount, accuracy and reliability of information is often not what appeals most to an audience. Indeed, conspiracy theory endorsement may be favoured by the opportunity it offers people to identify with a… read more