Contemporary conspirituality
Centering gender in the field of conspiracy theory research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12689718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen L Murphey (0000-0002-1504-3818, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3080-3083 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14680777.2023.2214705 |
| OpenAlex | W4377023913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article calls for a further exploration of how gender is linked to conspiracy theory through discussing the phenomenon of conspirituality, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conspirituality, the blending of New Age spiritual themes with conspiratorial thinking, has accelerated in recent years, leading to unexpected developments. Exploring this ideological convergence further highlights the central role of gender in conspiracy theorization. Gender has often been viewed as either one of several factors determining or dissuading conspiracy belief, or as a thematic anxiety that underpins particular conspiratorial expressions. Conspirituality, which has flourished in online spaces such as Instagram and has embraced highly gendered aesthetics, brings these threads together; it highlights the centrality of lived experiences of gender to a number of important questions in conspiracy theory research. These include the importance of online spaces as sites of conspiratorial discourse, how disenchantment and secularism are gendered experiences, and how conspiracy theories both reflect and comment on power dynamics and hierarchies
Aesthetics · Centrality · Disenchantment · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Gender schema theory · Ideology · Media studies · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |