“Nothing is what it seems” - Conspiracy Theories

From the shooting of JFK, 9/11, the death of Osama Bin Laden to recent terrorist attacks of ISIS – conspiracy theories are no longer a marginal phenomenon and have become part of mainstream society.
In this lecture, Stef Aupers provides a sociological understanding of what conspiracy theorists actually belief, where they come from, who they are and how the mass-appeal of conspiracy theories in contemporary Western society can be explained.