Knowledge Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip

by Clare Birchall

Book Overview

A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue syndrome with the energizing power of crystals . ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845201434
• ISBN13: 9781845201432
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"