Rumor and communication in Asia in the Internet age / edited by Greg Dalziel.

Other author Dalziel, Greg.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Descriptionxiii, 207 pages : 24 cm.
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SeriesMedia, culture and social change in Asia ; 32
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 32. ^A710880
Contents Rumor, gossip, and conspiracy theories : pathologies of testimony and the principal of publicity / Axel Gelfert -- Have you heard? : the rumor as reliable / Matthew Dentith -- Triangle of death : strategic communication, counterinsurgency, and the rumor mill / Daniel Bernardi and Scott Ruston -- The politics of informal communication : conspiracy theories and rumors in the 2009 (post-) electoral Iranian public sphere / Babak Rahimi -- Rumors, religion, and political mobilization : Indonesian cases, 1965-1998 / Mark Woodward -- Rumors of terrorism : social cognitive structures, collective sensemaking, and the emergence of rumor / Greg Dalziel -- Rumor, culture, and strategic communication across old and new media in Southeast Asia : the case of terrorist Noordin Top / Chris Lundry and Pauline Hope Cheong -- Anxiety and rumor : exploratory analysis of Twitter posts during the Mumbai terrorist attack / Onook Oh, Manish Agrawal and H. Raghav Rao -- Rumor, the evil twin of strategic communication : what "white" propaganda can learn from "grey" / Anthony Olcott.
Abstract "Explores how rumours are created, disseminated and absorbed in the age of the internet and mobile communications. It includes a wide range of examples and, besides considering the overall processes involved, engages with scholarly debates in the field of media and communication studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-205) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012047977
ISBN9780415641272 (hardback)

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