Trust no one: Modernization, paranoia and conspiracy culture

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-34

  Aupers, Stef ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conspiracy culture; distrust; modernization; new media; paranoia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859231341     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323111433566     Document Type: Article

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