Peter Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 158234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1076-5379 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
On Psyop Realism
This article charts the emergence of a “psyop-realist” aesthetic in online culture and art. Embodying the feeling of unreality of the pandemic years, psyop realism speaks to new anxieties of influence brought about by the convergence of military psyops, mis- and disinformation, and behavioral manipulation as a paradigmatic condition of being “terminally online.” The article first turns to Trevor Paglen's recent work on psyops, tracing what he see…
Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland: Evidence vs Rhetoric
In this perspective paper we use publicly-available data to show that, despite much positive rhetoric in support of reforms in Scotland to integrate health and social care, these reforms, in their current state, have failed to meet their stated objectives. Rather than regress to the previous system, we propose continued evaluation of even more radical forms of such integration. This analysis, and set of future proposals, are timely given current …
Resounding Relations: Habits of improvisation in Yolŋu song and contemporary Australian jazz
Habit has primarily been considered along seemingly divergent trajectories, either as a mechanism that limits creativity or as a transition of imagination into embodied activity (Elizabeth Grosz (2013) ‘Habit today: Ravaisson, Bergson, Deleuze and us’, Body & Society 19(2&3): 217–39). An interplay of these two aspects is clearly seen in music improvisation, in which performances unfold through well-honed patterns of technique and processes of lis…
Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective
Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world. Covid conspiracy theories have attracted considerable attention from researchers, journalists, and politicians, not least because conspiracy beliefs have the potential to negatively affect adherence to public health measures. While most of this …
Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19
Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK. The book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politically and culturally contextualised close readings informed by cultural studies. In contrast to other studies which often have an alarmist take on the "…
Health and Social Care Reform in Scotland: What Next
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Do Your Own Research: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet
What difference has the internet made to conspiracy theories? In the wake of recent episodes in the United States—from birtherism to the “big lie,” from QAnon to the COVID-19 “infodemic,” and from the “great replacement” to the “great reset”—the default assumption is that the internet has created an unprecedented spread of conspiracy theories. It seems commonsense that the internet in general, and social media in particular, has increased the vol…
Health and Social Care Reform in Scotland – What Next
Realising the true value from integration will require a stronger focus on place-based prevention and early intervention to achieve a fairer Scotland where everybody thrives. Solidarity, equity, and human rights must guide the next phase of Scotland's story
Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories
Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It maps out the key debates, …
Holding the gains in Reshaping Care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Economic Criticism
This chapter covers recently published work in economic criticism, exploring the interplay in this scholarship between contemporary and historical frames and the methodological approaches of economics and the humanities. It is divided into four sections: 1. Introduction; 2. Narrating the Economy; 3. Economic Histories and Cultures; 4. Economic Humanities.
Economic Criticism
This chapter covers work in economic criticism published in 2016, and explores how recent contributions to the field draw on existing ways of understanding the relations between culture and the economy, whilst forging new paradigms and syntheses. It is divided into five sections: 1. Introduction; 2. Projections; 3. Reading and Performing the Market; 4. Debt, Derivatives and Growth; 5. Libidinal Economy.
Economic Criticism
This chapter covers work in economic criticism published in 2015 (or, in one case, 2014), and explores how recent contributions to the field continue to rethink established understandings of the relations between culture and the economy. It is divided into four sections: 1. Introduction; 2. Neoliberalism, Austerity and Resistance; 3. Finance, Feeling and Form; 4. Narrative Economies.
Combler le fossé. L’avenir des recherches sur les théories du complot
L’article part de l’observation que la recherche sur les théories du complot est actuellement en plein développement, mais qu’elle est également fragmentée. En particulier, il y a une division croissante entre les disciplines aux approches culturelles et qualitatives, telles que l’histoire, les études culturelles et l’ethnologie, et les disciplines aux approches quantitatives et empiriques telles que la psychologie et la science politique. L’arti…
The Indicator of Relative Need (ioRN) - information for integrated working
In the health and care field there is a widespread convention to label all people aged over 65, or perhaps over 75, as ‘older people’ - as if somehow they comprise a single homogenous group, with similar needs. Of course we acknowledge that many older people live at home in good health perhaps requiring informal support from family or friends and with occasional contact with health services. Many however also live with multiple long-term conditio…
Economic Criticism
This inaugural chapter on ‘Economic Criticism’ surveys books published (predominantly) in 2013 and 2014 that explore the relations between culture and economics. These relations have been growing preoccupations in critical and cultural theory over the past two decades, and especially since the global financial crisis of 2008. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the state of the field as it currently stands, and, in particular, to indicate…
Bridging the great divide: Conspiracy theory research for the 21st century
This article starts from the observation that research on conspiracy theories is currently thriving, but that it is also fragmented. In particular there is an increasing divide between disciplines with culturalist and qualitative approaches, such as history, cultural studies and ethnology, and disciplines with quantitative and empirical approaches, such as psychology and political science. The article argues that this 'great divide' has to be bri…
Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to The X Files
Conspiracy theories are everywhere in post-war American culture. From postmodern novels to The X-Files and from gangsta rap to feminist polemic, there is a widespread suspicion that sinister forces are conspiring to take control of our national destiny, our minds, and even our bodies. Conspiracy explanations can no longer be dismissed as the paranoid delusions of far-right crackpots. Indeed, they have become a necessary response to a risky and in…
Reading the Ticker Tape in the Late Nineteenth-Century American Market
This article analyses popular accounts of financial innovations such as the stock ticker in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America. Recent social studies of finance (e.g. Preda 2009) have drawn attention to the socio-technical performative agency of such new modes of disseminating economic knowledge that do not merely provide a more accurate representation of ‘the market’ as a coherent entity but in fact help create it. However, wher…
A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters: A semiotic analysis of the official mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Almost every Olympic city has some form of legacy and while most commonly the types of legacies discussed concern physical facilities and their continuing utility, many of the most valuable legacies are ‘psychological or social in nature’. As part of the enduring legacy of any Olympic Games, the importance of the mascot as a live symbol of such an event must not be underestimated. In designing an effective mascot, the difficulty lies in creating …
Imagining the Market: A Visual History
This curation project explores visual representations of financial markets. Focusing on phases of upheaval in transatlantic finance extending back to the early eighteenth century, it traces a recurrent interplay among figuration, abstraction, and allegory in the attempts by graphic practitioners of various kinds (from pamphlet illustrators to fine art photographers) to imagine “the market” in visual form
Higher Education and the Creative Economy Conference, 22–23 March 2010, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
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Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States
Research Article| February 01 2008 Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States Peter Knight Peter Knight Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google New German Critique (2008) 35 (1 (103)): 165–193. https://doi.org/10.1215/0094033X-2007-024 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Knight; Outrageous Conspiracy T…
Effects of Visual Erotic Stimulation on Vibrotactile Detection Thresholds in Men
A systemic approach to professional development: Learning as practice
The professional learning of teachers in higher education
Educational professional development is a global concern. It is often characterised by event‐delivery methods, though there are signs that other approaches are gaining favour. The authors stress the significance of non‐formal learning, and the ways in which it can be promoted and enhanced within the activity systems within which teachers in higher education work. Their argument is complemented by findings from a study of 2401 part‐time teachers, …
Bridging the great divide: Conspiracy theory research for the 21st century
This article starts from the observation that research on conspiracy theories is currently thriving, but that it is also fragmented. In particular there is an increasing divide between disciplines with culturalist and qualitative approaches, such as history, cultural studies and ethnology, and disciplines with quantitative and empirical approaches, such as psychology and political science. The article argues that this 'great divide' has to be bri…
Self-theories: Some Implications for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
The self‐theories of students and teachers are a neglected aspect of higher education, yet are important mediators of students' development and achievement. Theoretical considerations and empirical findings are brought to bear on the implications of self‐theories for student development, and for the development of academic staff
Do Your Own Research: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet
What difference has the internet made to conspiracy theories? In the wake of recent episodes in the United States—from birtherism to the “big lie,” from QAnon to the COVID-19 “infodemic,” and from the “great replacement” to the “great reset”—the default assumption is that the internet has created an unprecedented spread of conspiracy theories. It seems commonsense that the internet in general, and social media in particular, has increased the vol…
Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States
Research Article| February 01 2008 Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States Peter Knight Peter Knight Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google New German Critique (2008) 35 (1 (103)): 165–193. https://doi.org/10.1215/0094033X-2007-024 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Knight; Outrageous Conspiracy T…
Reading the Ticker Tape in the Late Nineteenth-Century American Market
This article analyses popular accounts of financial innovations such as the stock ticker in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America. Recent social studies of finance (e.g. Preda 2009) have drawn attention to the socio-technical performative agency of such new modes of disseminating economic knowledge that do not merely provide a more accurate representation of ‘the market’ as a coherent entity but in fact help create it. However, wher…
Imagining the Market: A Visual History
This curation project explores visual representations of financial markets. Focusing on phases of upheaval in transatlantic finance extending back to the early eighteenth century, it traces a recurrent interplay among figuration, abstraction, and allegory in the attempts by graphic practitioners of various kinds (from pamphlet illustrators to fine art photographers) to imagine “the market” in visual form
Mining institutional datasets to support policy making and implementation
Datasets are often under-exploited by institutions, yet they contain evidence that is potentially of high value for planning and decision-making. This article shows how institutional data were used to determine whether the demographic background of students might have an influence on their performance: this is a matter of particular interest where participation in higher education is being widened. Analyses showed that, whilst area of domicile ap…
Health and Social Care Reform in Scotland – What Next
Realising the true value from integration will require a stronger focus on place-based prevention and early intervention to achieve a fairer Scotland where everybody thrives. Solidarity, equity, and human rights must guide the next phase of Scotland's story
A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters: A semiotic analysis of the official mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Almost every Olympic city has some form of legacy and while most commonly the types of legacies discussed concern physical facilities and their continuing utility, many of the most valuable legacies are ‘psychological or social in nature’. As part of the enduring legacy of any Olympic Games, the importance of the mascot as a live symbol of such an event must not be underestimated. In designing an effective mascot, the difficulty lies in creating …
Glaciers: Art and history, science and uncertainty
Glaciers play a central role in the global environmental system, and their behaviour is intimately linked to changing patterns of the ocean–atmosphere circulation, climate, sea level and landscape. Deep cores retrieved from ice sheets have helped us recognise how climate has changed over hundreds of thousands of years, and, for many parts of the Earth's surface, an understanding of landforms, drainage patterns and surface geology would be impossi…
Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America
Teaching as Exposure: The case of good practice in junior school history
In order to master the English National Curriculum for history it is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition that children be exposed to history topics. However, a study of 28 teachers who were reckoned to be skilled at teaching history in Key Stage 2 suggests that only the necessary condition prevails. What are the implications for the development of history teaching in Key Stage 2 if skilled teachers work on the assumption that ‘doing’ a t…
Autoren- und Sachtitelregister zu: Neue Veröffentlichungen aus und über Südosteuropa, H. 1-12, 1985
Article Autoren- und Sachtitelregister zu: Neue Veröffentlichungen aus und über Südosteuropa, H. 1-12, 1985 was published on November 1, 1985 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 34, issue 11-12)
Teaching as Exposure: The case of good practice in junior school history
In order to master the English National Curriculum for history it is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition that children be exposed to history topics. However, a study of 28 teachers who were reckoned to be skilled at teaching history in Key Stage 2 suggests that only the necessary condition prevails. What are the implications for the development of history teaching in Key Stage 2 if skilled teachers work on the assumption that ‘doing’ a t…
Glacial Deposits in Great Britain and Ireland
Assessing Learners in Higher Education
Issues of assessment techniques of assessment how to assess better assessments and organizations conclusions and prospects
Preparing Students for the New Work Order: The case of Advanced General National Vocational Qualifications
Drawing upon data from a recent empirical study, this article examines the extent to which Advanced General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) programmes fulfil the implied, and often contradictory requirements of the new post‐capitalist labour market. Arguing that the rhetoric of empowerment is employed in discourses surrounding both GNVQs and modern labour market needs, it suggests that this notion can be misleading and can mask practices…
Independence and Prescription in Learning: Researching the Paradox of Advanced GNVQs
This article outlines the context in which General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) have been developed with particular reference to the independent learning dimension of their principles and practice. It provides an overview of the problems associated with the GNVQ approach from the literature and from a study by the authors of twelve post-16 institutions in the process of implementing Advanced GNVQ programmes. It analyses the dimensio…
Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource With Examples
Conspiracy culture: From Kennedy Assassination to the X-files
Conspiracy theories are everywhere in post-war American culture. From postmodern novels to The X-Files and from gangsta rap to feminist polemic, there is a widespread suspicion that sinister forces are conspiring to take control of our national destiny, our minds, and even our bodies. Conspiracy explanations can no longer be dismissed as the paranoid delusions of far-right crackpots. Indeed, they have become a necessary response to a risky and in…
Iloveyou: Viruses, Paranoia, and the Environment of Risk
Does Grading Method Influence Honours Degree Classification
Variation in mark-spread is very evident in degree classification data provided by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Previous empirical investigations suggested that, at the level of the module, the spread of results might, in some subjects, be influenced by the method of grading (percentage marking or shorter grade-point scale). The availability of degree classification data from HESA made it possible to test whether the effect perc…
A systemic approach to professional development: Learning as practice
Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
The first comprehensive history of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in the United States. Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopediais the first comprehensive, research-based, scholarly study of the pervasiveness of our deeply ingrained culture of conspiracy. From the Puritan witch trials to the Masons, from the Red Scare to Watergate, Whitewater, and the War on Terror, this encyclopedia covers conspiracy theories across the bre…
Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America
Some effects of the award algorithm on honours degree classifications in UK higher education
In earlier work the Student Assessment and Classification Working Group (SACWG) found that up to 15% of honours classifications in UK higher education might be different if the results had been fed through another institution's award algorithm. In this article a more sensitive analysis has been applied to two blocks of institutional results that have been treated to reflect two variations that can be found in the range of honours degree award alg…
Self‐help in research and development relating to assessment: A case study
This article briefly chronicles nearly a decade of research and development activity undertaken in the area of assessment by a group of committed volunteers, 'The Student Assessment and Classification Working Group' (SACWG). However, greater attention is given to demonstrating what a self‐help approach can achieve in respect of research and development in higher education, and to identifying the factors that contribute to success in this respect.…
Glaciers: Art and history, science and uncertainty
Glaciers play a central role in the global environmental system, and their behaviour is intimately linked to changing patterns of the ocean–atmosphere circulation, climate, sea level and landscape. Deep cores retrieved from ice sheets have helped us recognise how climate has changed over hundreds of thousands of years, and, for many parts of the Earth's surface, an understanding of landforms, drainage patterns and surface geology would be impossi…
Self-theories: Some Implications for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
The self‐theories of students and teachers are a neglected aspect of higher education, yet are important mediators of students' development and achievement. Theoretical considerations and empirical findings are brought to bear on the implications of self‐theories for student development, and for the development of academic staff
Mining institutional datasets to support policy making and implementation
Datasets are often under-exploited by institutions, yet they contain evidence that is potentially of high value for planning and decision-making. This article shows how institutional data were used to determine whether the demographic background of students might have an influence on their performance: this is a matter of particular interest where participation in higher education is being widened. Analyses showed that, whilst area of domicile ap…
The local practices of assessment
It is argued that assessment discourses are essentially local discourses. Assessment warrants, such as certificates and diplomas, are essentially local creations. They ought not to be treated as valid and reliable descriptions of general achievement. The case is developed by distinguishing between three forms of assessment and arguing that different forms of assessment support different degrees of confidence in our judgements of achievement
Regionalism in Hiring Practices of University Business Schools: A Canadian Study
The professional learning of teachers in higher education
Educational professional development is a global concern. It is often characterised by event‐delivery methods, though there are signs that other approaches are gaining favour. The authors stress the significance of non‐formal learning, and the ways in which it can be promoted and enhanced within the activity systems within which teachers in higher education work. Their argument is complemented by findings from a study of 2401 part‐time teachers, …
Effects of Visual Erotic Stimulation on Vibrotactile Detection Thresholds in Men
Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States
Research Article| February 01 2008 Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States Peter Knight Peter Knight Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google New German Critique (2008) 35 (1 (103)): 165–193. https://doi.org/10.1215/0094033X-2007-024 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Knight; Outrageous Conspiracy T…
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Higher Education and the Creative Economy Conference, 22–23 March 2010, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
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