List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction, Catherine Tebaldi (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Part I: Narrative
2. There is (Not) Intelligent Life Outside Earth: A Semiotic Approach to Conspiracy Theories, Douglas Firmino dos Santos and Lucas Felipe de Oliveira Santiago (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
3. From Epistemic to Hermetic Paranoia: Conspiracy Cinema and Its Digital Legacy, Johannes Pause (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
4. Populist Experts and Alt-Expertise: On the Expertise and Meta-Expertise of the Anti-Vaccine Movement, James Slotta (UT Austin, USA)
5. "Side Effects Include:" COVID Conspiracy Theory and Narrative Resonance on 4chan's /pol/, Dillon Ludemann (University of South Carolina, USA)
Part II: Power
6. Anti-Feminist Conspiracy Theories, Megan Kelly (University of Basel, Switzerland) and Alex DiBranco (Yale University, USA)
7. Moral Panic, Transphobia, and Cultural Marxism, Kat Fuller and Quinnehtukqut McLamore (University of Nevada, USA)
8. A 'victory for white life': Intertextuality and Mainstreaming of Far-Right Conspiracy Theories in Abortion Discourse, Kristen Fleckenstein (Carolina Coastal University, USA)
9. 'FOR HUMANITY - FIGHT - LEARN': Building and Exercising a Suitable History in QAnon, Harrison Pates (King's College London, UK)
10. Anti-Intellectualism and the Conspiracy Theory of Cultural Marxism, Joan Braune (Gonzaga University, USA)
Part III: Circulation
11. Recontextualized Knowledge and Narrative Coalitions on Telegram, Tom Willaert (Brussels School of Governance, Belgium)
12. All the World's a Story? Contemporary Narrative Analysis and Conspiracy: A View from Brazil, Naomi Orton (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
13. Gender Based Health Disinformation Narratives: A Social Media Analysis of the HPV Vaccine Case in Italy, Lorella Viola (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
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