ISBN:
9781351492522
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (283 pages)
Series Statement:
Social Problems and Social Issues
Parallel Title:
Print version Campion-Vincent, Veronique Rumor Mills : The Social Impact of Rumor and Legend
DDC:
302.24
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Rumor Matters: An Introductory Essay -- I: THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF CONFLICT AND PREJUDICE -- Introduction -- 1 Dramatic Rumors and Truthful Appearances: The Medieval Myth of Ritual Murder by Proxy -- 2 Rumors in Times of War and Cataclysm: A Historical Perspective -- 3 Rumors and Religious Riots -- 4 Mafia in Meran?: Rumors and Legends Surrounding the "Leather Connection": A Case Study -- II: THE SPREAD OF RUMORS -- Introduction -- 5 Psychological Motivations in Rumor Spread -- 6 From Evil Others to Evil Elites: A Dominant Pattern in Conspiracy Theories Today -- 7 Legend/AntiLegend: Humor as an Integral Part of the Contemporary Legend Process -- 8 How Rumor Begets Rumor: Collective Memory, Ethnic Con?ict, and Reproductive Rumors in Cameroon -- 9 The Effects of Legends, Rumors, and Related Genres on Audiences -- III: THE CREATION OF PLAUSIBILITY -- Introduction -- 10 Fashion, Topical Jokes, and Rumor as Short-Term Enthusiasms -- 11 Celebrating Arabs and Grateful Terrorists: Rumor and the Politics of Plausibility -- 12 Beyond Rumor and Legend: Some Aspects of Academic Communication -- 13 Negatory Rumors: From the Denial of Reality to Conspiracy Theory -- 14 Social Construction and Social Consequences: Rumors and Evidence -- Conclusion-Rumor and Legend: Seven Questions -- Index
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