Category: The News

  • Discussion: “‘The News’: Rumor or Propaganda

    Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Read and watch from one of the following selections on either “Rumor” or “Propaganda.” 1. Rumor Read: Silverstein, P.A. (2002). An Excess of Truth: Violence, Conspiracy Theorizing and the Algerian Civil War. Anthropological Quarterly 75(4): 643-674. or Bubandt, N. (2008). Rumors, Pamphlets, and the Politics of Paranoia in Indonesia. The Journal of…

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