9/11: The World's Perspective
- Tracing the Inner World of Suspicion
Bower, Bruce. "Tracing the Inner World of Suspicion." Academic Search Complete. EBSCO, 20 June 2009. Web. 26 Sep. 2011. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=104&sid=69e50e6e-ec374209b2c0463130c85d2f%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=41785852>.
- Tracing the Inner World of Suspicion
Bower, Bruce. "Tracing the Inner World of Suspicion." Academic Search Complete. EBSCO, 20 June 2009. Web. 26 Sep. 2011. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=104&sid=69e50e6e-ec374209b2c0463130c85d2f%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=41785852>.
Summary of main ideas: The article discusses a report by psychologist Viren Swami and colleagues to be published in "Applied Cognitive Psychology," offering the preliminary psychological profile of people who believe in 9/11 conspiracies. Topics include the traits that Swami's team associated with conspiracy theories among British people including cynicism toward politics, a mistrust of authority, and the endorsement of democratic practices.
Key terms:
- · Personality
- · Behavior
- · Conspiracy
- · Traits
- · Belief
- · Government
Perspective: The author seems to be siding with the willingness people have to believe one thing and then build off of that one thing and so on. He makes it known that it’s just not specific to one incident or issue, but is used to justify a general pattern of conspiracy ideas in general. This source will help me out because I’m trying to deliberate the many questions of “why” people have on and about 9/11 as long with the conspiracy factors many take into account on this topic.
I think that your discussion of perspective is especially useful here, because it exposes "the willingness people have to believe one thing". Perhaps this is your question? Maybe "why do people believe in conspiracies?"
ReplyDeleteIf you want to focus on 9/11, maybe something a bit more general, like "Analyze portrayals of 9/11 in news media." That would let you consider ALL perspectives about 9/11, and then have conspiracy comprise only a part of it. (Any conspiracy questions are generally dangerous, because they're awfully close to opinion and absence of actual fact).
Does this make sense?
Yes and thank you!
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