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What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
Religious belief in the devil may have declined, but western demons are alive and well in popular culture and contemporary politics.
Politicians dropping the f-bomb tend to be seen as acting out of emotion, but the way we use taboo language is often about what we can accomplish by violating rules.
Many of those who believe conspiracy theories do not necessarily act on those beliefs. Nevertheless, conspiracy theories can still spread dangerous misinformation that can cause harm.
Women have assumed different roles in alt-right movements, including organizing protests, spreading misinformation and organizing militias.
Romana Didulo and her followers are seeking to replace legitimate governments via their sovereign citizenship movement. Their claims are outrageous and baseless, but they must not be ignored.
It’s easy to consider the erosion of democratic norms in the U.S. as purely political, but it poses serious risks to the country’s economic order. Is democracy in the gallows?
Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
Performance crime is the act of filming while engaging in criminal activity. During the Jan. 6 capitol riots, insurrectionists uploaded performance crime videos and photos, incriminating themselves.
Overcoming conspiracy theories isn’t just about information. A scholar of religion explains that the emotions they inspire are part of their appeal.
The latest season of Stranger Things features a town in the grip of a ‘Satanic Panic’. This reflects the very fears that existed in 1980s America, which still exist in different forms today.
The investigation into the January 6 Capitol riots asks: is the nation’s well-being ensured by allegiance to its laws or its leaders? The founding fathers chose the former – could we say the same for Trump’s inner circle?
The ‘freedom convoy’ provides a way to express the emotional self-interest of Canadians — mostly white men — who feel they are losing their rightful place in Canadian society.
Romana Didulo has declared herself the Queen of Canada. Thousands of people follow her and her outlandish conspiracy theories, and here’s why that’s so dangerous.
Why do people believe conspiracies like flat-Earth theory? An expert explains.
The number of candidates running in party primaries has ballooned since 2010. That may result in extreme, inexperienced or controversial nominees who do not represent a majority of voters.
The letter Z has become a controversial pro-Russian symbol during the war in Ukraine.
New Zealand has a high concentration of extremist alt-right groups relative to similar countries. The challenge now is to head off hate crime and violence.
Social media isn’t simply awash in conspiracy theories and extremism. It contains pathways designed to lead people to ever more extreme material.
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PhD candidate Individualized Program, 2020-2021 Public Scholar, Concordia University
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Media, Film, and Communications, Lakehead University
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Department of Media & Culture, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
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Visiting scholar, postdoctoral fellow in American Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, Radford University
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Associate Professor of Social Work & Criminology, Chatham University
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Professor, Monash Business School, Department of Management, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University
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Assistant professor, Sociology, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer Asian Studies (2004 - 2020), University of Tasmania
