Conspiracy theories and their truth trajectories

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 59, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Pelkmans, Mathijs ^a   Machold, Rhys ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conspiracy; Labeling; Power; Theory; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862685705     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2011.600101     Document Type: Article

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