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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Rumor, gossip, and conspiracy theories: pathologies of testimony and the principle of publicity -- 2 Have you heard? The rumor as reliable -- 3 Triangle of death: strategic communication, counterinsurgency and the rumor mill -- 4 The politics of informal communication: conspiracy theories and rumors in the 2009 (post- )electoral Iranian public sphere -- 5 Rumors, religion, and political mobilization: Indonesian cases, 1965-98 -- 6 Rumors of terrorism: social cognitive structures, collective sense-making, and the emergence of rumor -- 7 Rumor, culture, and strategic communication across old and new media in Southeast Asia: the case of terrorist Noordin Top -- 8 Anxiety and rumor: exploratory analysis of Twitter posts during the Mumbai terrorist attack -- 9 Rumor-the evil twin of strategic communication: what "white" propaganda can learn from "gray" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
New communication technology has transformed the way in which news about key events is communicated. For example, in the immediate aftermath of catastrophic events such as the Mumbai attacks or the Japanese tsunami, partial accounts, accurate and inaccurate facts, rumour and speculation are now very rapidly disseminated across the globe, often ahead of official announcements and formal news reporting. Often in such situations rumours take hold, and continue to characterise events even after a more complete, more accurate picture eventually emerges. This book explores how such rumours are cr |
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Print version record |
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Rumor -- Asia
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Communication -- Social aspects -- Asia
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Asia
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Public opinion -- Asia
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Communication -- Social aspects
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Internet -- Social aspects
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Public opinion
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Rumor
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1299637361 |
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9781299637368 |
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9781135044411 |
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1135044414 |
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