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Thanks to Ansbjorn Dryendal for forwarding this conspirituality-related article.
Thanks to Fritanke, a Norwegian humanist magazine. I hope the magazine won't object to my copying... more Thanks to Fritanke, a Norwegian humanist magazine. I hope the magazine won't object to my copying and posting their article - translation above.
http://fritanke.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=9278
The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of co... more The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics) may seem antithetical. There is a synthesis of the two, however, that we call 'conspirituality'. We define, describe, and analyse this hybrid system of belief; it has been noticed before without receiving much scholarly attention. Conspirituality is a rapidly growing web movement expressing an ideology fuelled by political disillusionment and the popularity of alternative worldviews. It has international celebrities, bestsellers, radio and TV stations. It offers a broad politico-spiritual philosophy based on two core convictions, the first traditional to conspiracy theory, the second rooted in the New Age: 1) a secret group covertly controls, or is trying to control, the political and social order, and 2) humanity is undergoing a 'paradigm shift' in consciousness. Proponents believe that the best strategy for dealing with the threat of a totalitarian 'new world order' is to act in accordance with an awakened 'new paradigm' world view.
PDF version of a presentation given at a BSA Conference in Chester, UK, 2010. Discusses methods ... more PDF version of a presentation given at a BSA Conference in Chester, UK, 2010.
Discusses methods of measuring the spread/size of Conspirituality using web analytics tools - and results.
Spreadsheet listing 199 websites in various languages by Alexa Ranking and detailing numbers of v... more Spreadsheet listing 199 websites in various languages by Alexa Ranking and detailing numbers of visitors per month according to Similarweb.com
See accompanying note.
Two and a half years ago, Political Capital, Counterpoint, the Center for Research on Prejudice, ... more Two and a half years ago, Political Capital, Counterpoint, the Center for Research on Prejudice, the Institute for Public Affairs, and the Zachor Foundation embarked on a project to develop an effective response to conspiracy theories in Europe.
I am not a contributor to this book but have uploaded it here as it reads:
This book is available to download and re-use under a by-nc-sa Creative Commons license ported to UK law. This means that you are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work, and make derivative works, in a non-commercial context, as long as you credit Counterpoint, Political Capital and the author and share the resulting works under an equivalent license.
This report contains valuable quantitative data on conspiracist beliefs in Europe. It was produc... more This report contains valuable quantitative data on conspiracist beliefs in Europe.
It was produced by a team of researchers at the Open Society Think Tank Fund but does not include any copyright information. I believe that its license is CC or public domain so am uploading it here. It was downloaded from deconspirator.com
Conspiracy site popularity data by Charlotte Ward
File note: deconspirator,com have mapped data on conspiracism in 5 European countries
A selection of screenshots taken 2012-2013 illustrating the considerable popularity of internet c... more A selection of screenshots taken 2012-2013 illustrating the considerable popularity of internet conspiracy theory, taken mainly from the Alexa Toolbar and Twitter.
Measuring Conspirituality Using Web Analytics by Charlotte Ward
Explanatory notes for each of the slides detailed in the BSA Presentation: Measuring the Populari... more Explanatory notes for each of the slides detailed in the BSA Presentation: Measuring the Popularity of Conspirituality Using Web Analytics
Top 200 Spreadsheet by Charlotte Ward
Very rough research note to accompany Top Conspiracy Sites Feb 2014 spreadsheet.
Thanks to Ansbjorn Dryendal for forwarding this conspirituality-related article.
Thanks to Fritanke, a Norwegian humanist magazine. I hope the magazine won't object to my copying... more Thanks to Fritanke, a Norwegian humanist magazine. I hope the magazine won't object to my copying and posting their article - translation above.
http://fritanke.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=9278
The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of co... more The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics) may seem antithetical. There is a synthesis of the two, however, that we call 'conspirituality'. We define, describe, and analyse this hybrid system of belief; it has been noticed before without receiving much scholarly attention. Conspirituality is a rapidly growing web movement expressing an ideology fuelled by political disillusionment and the popularity of alternative worldviews. It has international celebrities, bestsellers, radio and TV stations. It offers a broad politico-spiritual philosophy based on two core convictions, the first traditional to conspiracy theory, the second rooted in the New Age: 1) a secret group covertly controls, or is trying to control, the political and social order, and 2) humanity is undergoing a 'paradigm shift' in consciousness. Proponents believe that the best strategy for dealing with the threat of a totalitarian 'new world order' is to act in accordance with an awakened 'new paradigm' world view.
PDF version of a presentation given at a BSA Conference in Chester, UK, 2010. Discusses methods ... more PDF version of a presentation given at a BSA Conference in Chester, UK, 2010.
Discusses methods of measuring the spread/size of Conspirituality using web analytics tools - and results.
Spreadsheet listing 199 websites in various languages by Alexa Ranking and detailing numbers of v... more Spreadsheet listing 199 websites in various languages by Alexa Ranking and detailing numbers of visitors per month according to Similarweb.com
See accompanying note.
Two and a half years ago, Political Capital, Counterpoint, the Center for Research on Prejudice, ... more Two and a half years ago, Political Capital, Counterpoint, the Center for Research on Prejudice, the Institute for Public Affairs, and the Zachor Foundation embarked on a project to develop an effective response to conspiracy theories in Europe.
I am not a contributor to this book but have uploaded it here as it reads:
This book is available to download and re-use under a by-nc-sa Creative Commons license ported to UK law. This means that you are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work, and make derivative works, in a non-commercial context, as long as you credit Counterpoint, Political Capital and the author and share the resulting works under an equivalent license.
This report contains valuable quantitative data on conspiracist beliefs in Europe. It was produc... more This report contains valuable quantitative data on conspiracist beliefs in Europe.
It was produced by a team of researchers at the Open Society Think Tank Fund but does not include any copyright information. I believe that its license is CC or public domain so am uploading it here. It was downloaded from deconspirator.com
File note: deconspirator,com have mapped data on conspiracism in 5 European countries
A selection of screenshots taken 2012-2013 illustrating the considerable popularity of internet c... more A selection of screenshots taken 2012-2013 illustrating the considerable popularity of internet conspiracy theory, taken mainly from the Alexa Toolbar and Twitter.
Explanatory notes for each of the slides detailed in the BSA Presentation: Measuring the Populari... more Explanatory notes for each of the slides detailed in the BSA Presentation: Measuring the Popularity of Conspirituality Using Web Analytics
Very rough research note to accompany Top Conspiracy Sites Feb 2014 spreadsheet.