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Why are conspiracy theories doing so well? The case of Charlie Hebdo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Gerald Bronner
Gerald Bronner*
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Diderot, France
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Gerald Bronner, Université Paris-Diderot, 6 rue de Verdun, Nancy 54000, France. Email: gerald.bronner@gmail.com
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Diogenes , Volume 62 , Issue 3-4: Conspiracy Theories Today , November 2015 , pp. 8 - 16
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