Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-182) and index
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Know it all -- Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you -- Cultural studies on/as conspiracy theory -- Hot gossip : the cultural politics of speculation -- Sexed up : gossip by stealth -- Conclusion : old enough to know better? : the work of cultural studies
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Clare Birchall examines the popular knowledges that saturate our everyday experience. We make this information and then it shapes the way we see the world. How valid is it when compared to official knowledge and why does such (mis)information cause so much institutional anxiety?