Conspiracy Rhetoric Twenty-Five Years Later: Conspiring Minds Still Want to Know
Journal: Western Journal of Communication
In his response to the 2002 Western Journal of Communication Special Section on “Conspiracy Rhetoric,” Steven R. Goldzwig warned of a future in which “the hothouses spawning conspiracy rhetoric will continue to proliferate, if only because the experience and speed of change and social dislocation will be intensified and the explanations for the ensuing strain will be in great demand” (p. 500). Now, nearly three deca…