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The storm is upon us : how QAnon became a movement, cult, and conspiracy theory of everything / Mike Rothschild.

Van Pelt Library E893 .R68 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rothschild, Mike, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Conspiracy theories--Political aspects--United States.
Conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theories--United States--Psychological aspects.
Radicalization--United States.
Radicalization.
Politics and government.
Psychological aspects.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States.
Physical Description:
xviii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Other Title:
How QAnon became a movement, cult, and conspiracy theory of everything
Place of Publication:
Brooklyn ; London : Melville House, [2021]
Summary:
A journalist who specializes in conspiracy theories draws on interviews with QAnon converts and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics to explain the origin and growth of the movement, its embrace by right-wing media and politicians, and why it is important to understand it rather than mock it
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I ORIGINS
ch. 1 Learn to Read the Map: The Basics of QAnon
ch. 2 The Calm Before the Storm: How QAnon Started
ch. 3 You Have More Than You Know: QAnon Hits the Big Time
ch. 4 Boom Week Coming: The Scams and Conspiracy Theories That Begat QAnon
ch. 5 We Are the News Now: QAnon Has a Big 2019
ch. 6 God Wins: Why People Believe in QAnon
pt. II ESCALATION
ch. 7 This Is Not a Game: The Many Crimes of QAnon Followers
ch. 8 Save the Children: QAnon Transforms in 2020 with the Pandemic
ch. 9 Memes at the Ready: The War Between QAnon and Social Media
ch. 10 Change of Batter Coming? QAnon and the 2020 Election
pt. III FALLOUT
ch. 11 The Only Cult That Teaches You to Think for Yourself: What Experts Think QAnon Is (and Is Not)
ch. 12 Mathematicilly Impossible: Debunking QAnon and Its Prophecies
ch. 13 Where We Go One: How to Help People Who Want to Get Out of Q.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.
ISBN:
9781612199290
1612199291
OCLC:
1256550359

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