1st Edition

Knowledge Goes Pop From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip

By Clare Birchall Copyright 2006
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue... Read more
* Know it All* Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You* Cultural Studies on/as Conspiracy Theory* Hot Gossip: The Cultural Politics of Speculation* Sexed Up: Gossip by Stealth* Conclusion: Old enough to Know Better? The Work of Cultural Studies

Biography

Clare Birchall is Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University.