Entries Tagged as 'Rumour'
Singapore
February 5th, 2010 No Comments
Due to an inability to read calendar dates properly I managed to miss the deadline for submitting the written version of my paper for the workshop on rumours that I am attending later this month is hot and humid Singapore.
The issue, as some might say, is now fixed.
‘Have You Heard?’ was first presented at the [...]
An “Oh…” moment
February 1st, 2010 3 Comments
So, the paper I am giving in Singapore, which is on Rumours, and touches on my thesis about the transmission of conspiracy theories is going to be preceded by Prof. Axel Gelfert’s paper entitled “Of Rumours and Conspiracy Theories: Philosophical Perspectives on Pathological Communication in the Public Sphere.”
Hmm… Hmm, says I, with bells on.
Hmm.
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
January 19th, 2010 2 Comments
I’ve been there before.
So, on the 22nd of February I will be attending a workshop entitled ‘The Political and Social Impact of Rumours’ at the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
I’m giving an updated version of the Rumour paper from several AAPs ago, entitled [...]
On Rumours, Conspiracy Theories and Facebook
July 28th, 2009 3 Comments
I’m not fond of the term “Meme,’ mostly because any serious analysis of what it takes to be a meme and how they get transferred usually breaks down (there’s a reason why Dawkin’s stopped referring to memes and started talking about the extended phenotype), but if we accept that there are these ‘packets of information [...]
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