Moving between two paradigms - Sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories
Апстракт
Social sciences and humanistic disciplines that showed an interest in conspiracy theories are dominantly relying on either a cultural perspective (e.g. history, anthropology, ethnology, sociology, cultural studies, literature, etc.) or a positivistic perspective (psychology and political science). Between these two perspectives lays a gap in the way the nature of the phenomenon is understood, as well as its manifestation, the methodology used and how they interpret results and their implications. In this paper we are aiming to show that this topic is in its core a sociocultural question and that the perspective of sociocultural theory represents a way to bridge the aforementioned gap by using features of both approaches. If the cultural approach sees conspiracy theories as a product of a culture, and the positivistic approach as a question of the individual, then through a sociocultural perspective we are looking at how an individual actively acts in a society which developed the disco...urse of conspiracy theories through time. By adopting this view, we can study how individuals purposefully participate in contextually situated (co-)construction and transformation of meanings, discourse and conspiratorial narratives, as well as how they utilize conspiracy theories and other artifacts.
Кључне речи:
Sociocultural theory / Positivistic perspective / Cultural perspective / Conspiracy theoriesИзвор:
Sociologija, 2020, 62, 2, 193-216Издавач:
- Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Идентификација, мерење и развој когнитивних и емоционалних компетенција важних друштву оријентисаном на европске интеграције (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179018)
DOI: 10.2298/SOC2002193L
ISSN: 0038-0318
WoS: 000548206300004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85087570241
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Lukić, Petar PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3217 AB - Social sciences and humanistic disciplines that showed an interest in conspiracy theories are dominantly relying on either a cultural perspective (e.g. history, anthropology, ethnology, sociology, cultural studies, literature, etc.) or a positivistic perspective (psychology and political science). Between these two perspectives lays a gap in the way the nature of the phenomenon is understood, as well as its manifestation, the methodology used and how they interpret results and their implications. In this paper we are aiming to show that this topic is in its core a sociocultural question and that the perspective of sociocultural theory represents a way to bridge the aforementioned gap by using features of both approaches. If the cultural approach sees conspiracy theories as a product of a culture, and the positivistic approach as a question of the individual, then through a sociocultural perspective we are looking at how an individual actively acts in a society which developed the discourse of conspiracy theories through time. By adopting this view, we can study how individuals purposefully participate in contextually situated (co-)construction and transformation of meanings, discourse and conspiratorial narratives, as well as how they utilize conspiracy theories and other artifacts. PB - Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd T2 - Sociologija T1 - Moving between two paradigms - Sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories EP - 216 IS - 2 SP - 193 VL - 62 DO - 10.2298/SOC2002193L ER -
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Lukić, P.. (2020). Moving between two paradigms - Sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories. in Sociologija Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd., 62(2), 193-216. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2002193L
Lukić P. Moving between two paradigms - Sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories. in Sociologija. 2020;62(2):193-216. doi:10.2298/SOC2002193L .
Lukić, Petar, "Moving between two paradigms - Sociocultural approach to research of conspiracy theories" in Sociologija, 62, no. 2 (2020):193-216, https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2002193L . .