Conspiracies, Ideological Entrepreneurs, and Digital Popular Culture

Hyzen, Aaron; Van den Bulck, Hilde

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dc.contributor.author	Hyzen, Aaron	de
dc.contributor.author	Van den Bulck, Hilde	de
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-23T06:21:00Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-23T06:21:00Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	2183-2439	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/78161
dc.description.abstract	This contribution starts from the contemporary surge in conspiracism to develop a theoretical framework to understand how conspiracy theories make it from the margins to the mainstream. To this end, it combines a view of conspiracy theories as ideology and its propagandists as ideological entrepreneurs with insights into how the affordances of digital media and popular culture are instrumental in propagating the conspiracy theories. It further complements sociological and psychological explanations with a fandom perspective to grasp the diversity of conspiracy audiences. Together, it is argued, these factors allow ideological entrepreneurs to push conspiracy theories from the margins to the mainstream. Alex Jones and QAnon are discussed as cases in point.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	Alex Jones; QAnon; alternative media; conspiracy theories; digital popular culture; ideological entrepreneurs; popular culture	de
dc.title	Conspiracies, Ideological Entrepreneurs, and Digital Popular Culture	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4092	de
dc.source.journal	Media and Communication
dc.source.volume	9	de
dc.publisher.country	PRT	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	179-188	de
internal.identifier.classoz	10201
internal.identifier.journal	793
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	301
dc.source.issuetopic	From Sony's Walkman to RuPaul's Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.4092	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	16
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.dda.reference	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4092
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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