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use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/eic\/\">Everything is Connected<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Left Nav Sidebar&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_1&#8243; show_border=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;left-nav-menu&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; remove_border=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; 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As a cultural sociologist, he studies the role of cultural meaning in the production, textual representation and consumption of media. Stef has published widely in international journals on topics including religion, modern myth, conspiracy theories and, particularly, the way these cultures are mediatized.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Clare Birchall&#8221; open=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/dr-clare-birchall\">Clare Birchall<\/a> is Professor of Contemporary Culture at King&#8217;s College London. She is the author of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.oapen.org\/handle\/20.500.12657\/34636\">Knowledge Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manifold.umn.edu\/projects\/shareveillance\">Shareveillance: The Dangers of Openly Sharing or Covertly Collecting Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/book-division\/books\/radical-secrecy\">Radical Secrecy: The Ends of Transparency in Datafied America<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Conspiracy-Theories-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19\/Birchall-Knight\/p\/book\/9781032324999\">Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Conspiracy-Theories-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19\/Birchall-Knight\/p\/book\/9781032324999\">19<\/a> (co-author with Peter Knight).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her research centres on forms of &#8216;popular knowledge&#8217;, digital culture, secrecy, surveillance, and transparency. She is currently project leader on the EU-CHANSE REDACT project on conspiracy theories and digital culture across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Peter Knight&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Peter Knight is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.manchester.ac.uk\/portal\/peter.knight.html\">professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester<\/a>, and currently a research fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. He is the Principal Investigator on the Everything Is Connected project. He also directed the <a href=\"http:\/\/infodemic.eu\/\">Infodemic project<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/conspiracytheories.eu\">COMPACT network<\/a> of conspiracy theory researchers.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conspiracy Culture (2000)<\/li>\n<li>The Kennedy Assassination (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Reading the Market (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Invested (2022) (co-author)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Conspiracy-Theories-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19\/Birchall-Knight\/p\/book\/9781032324999\">Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Conspiracy-Theories-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19\/Birchall-Knight\/p\/book\/9781032324999\">19<\/a> (co-author)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Routledge-Handbook-of-Conspiracy-Theories\/Butter-Knight\/p\/book\/9780815361749\">Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories<\/a> (2020) (co-editor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Marc Tuters&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uva.nl\/en\/profile\/t\/u\/m.d.tuters\/m.d.tuters.html\">Marc Tuters<\/a> is Assistant Professor at the Media Studies Department, University of Amsterdam. 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He studies how technologies change contemporary culture; including how online platforms changed conspiracy theory in a post-truth age; and how videogames changed religion in a post-secular age.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Annie Kelly&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; title_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; body_text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Annie Kelly is a postdoctoral researcher on the project, based at King&#8217;s College London. Her doctoral work at the University of East Anglia analysed antifeminist and far right digital cultures. 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