Seminar: Sociology of Conspiracy Theories

summer term 2023

Author

Affiliation

Philipp Wunderlich

Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Sociology

Course

• Syllabus

Session slides

• Session 1 - Introduction
• Session 2 - Traditional accounts
• Session 3 - Psychological motives
• Session 4 - Socio-structural predictors
• Session 5 - Cultural perspecitves
• Session 6 - Peer Feedback
• Session 7 - COVID-19 / Mass media & misinformation
• Session 8 - Alt-right conspiracy theories / Populism
• Session 9 - Conspiracy theories in authoritarian regimes

Assignment materials

• Questions for theory essays