Die Verschwörung der Massenmedien

John David Seidler

doi:10.14361/9783839434062

Summary

The history of conspiracy theories is also a history of the media. The focus of this study by John David Seidler is not the question of the role of technological media of distribution, but rather the reflection on the media as the subject of conspiracy theories themselves. He shows that it is not only with the repopularization of the slogan of the Lügenpresse (lying press) that the mass media have become the central object of suspicion for conspiracy theory narratives. Making use of media philosopher Boris Groys' theory of suspicion, this study looks at historical conjunctures of modern conspiracy theories to provide the German-speaking world's first systematic analysis of the history and function of the language of conspiracy theories from the 18th century on.

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-3406-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-3406-2
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Edition Medienwissenschaft
Volume: 32
Language: German
Pages: 372
Product type: Book Titles

FrontmatterPages 1 - 4 Download chapter (PDF)
InhaltsverzeichnisPages 5 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
Vorwort No access Pages 9 - 12
1. Einleitung No access Pages 13 - 114
2. Untersuchungsteil I: Aufklärung als Massenbetrug? No access Pages 115 - 174
3. Untersuchungsteil II: Die antisemitische Verschwörungstheorie im langen 19. Jahrhundert No access Pages 175 - 242
4. Untersuchungsteil III: Quelle: Internet No access Pages 243 - 314
Fazit No access Pages 317 - 326
Quellen No access Pages 327 - 332
Literatur No access Pages 333 - 366
Danksagung No access Pages 367 - 368
Backmatter No access Pages 369 - 372