Conspiracy

A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of usurping, altering or overthrowing an established political power. Depending on the circumstances, a conspiracy may also be a crime, or a civil wrong. The term generally implies wrongdoing or illegality on the part of the …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 7 May 2024 English

The Children’s Hour (1961) was the first mainstream US film to feature a lesbian character in a leading role. Julia Erhart explores how the film’s conception, production, and reception reveal …

cen- tury after the event, this so successful conspiracy of silence?” (Roughead 1931, 112). His explanation


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 May 2024 English

When COVID-19 spread across the globe, protection measures such as social distancing, self-isolation, and self-quarantine were experienced as life on hold. A cultural inquiry into the moment of pausing and …

an emergency situation. The proliferation of conspiracy theories and “fake news” during the pandemic his senior cabinet officials have pro- mulgated conspiracy theories freely and knowingly, and long before


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 30 April 2024 English

Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impact and future consequences of long COVID on international relations. This unprecedented crisis demands that we think …

we cer- tainly saw the rise of disinformation, conspiracy theories, and extrem- ist activism, one may say


McMaster Health Forum · 15 April 2024 English

Living evidence synthesis 22.1: Impact of strategies to mitigate health-related misinformation in diverse settings and populations

that among participants with higher levels of conspiracy mentality, those exposed to counterfactual pre-bunking that among participants with higher levels of conspiracy mentality, those exposed to counterfactual prebunking


McMaster Health Forum · 15 April 2024 English

Living evidence synthesis 22.1: Appendices

algorithms, news media, health institutions, Conspiracy ideation moderated the effect of the labels analysis messages could negate the Results showed that both conspiracy and uncertainty • Detail of misinformation's message conditions: two messages, both refuting-conspiracy (M = 4.31, p = .000) o Vaccines randomized study) refuting-uncertainty messages (M = 4.24, p = .006) • Gender/sex conspiracy frame and one using the uncertainty increased no significant difference between refuting-o conspiracy and refuting-uncertainty messages (p = .597)


Alberta Teachers' Association · 28 March 2024 English

Assistance to school School leaders, l ike through the work of the School Leaders’ School leaders who are members of leaders who themselves are the subject c lassroom teachers, are …

complaining privatization proponents. Communist conspiracy. that they receive public money,” reads a March


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 25 March 2024 English

2 For the reasons below, the BCCLA strongly condemns the Raids and the Charges and urges the Crown to immediately withdraw the Charges as they are not in the public …

“suspected hate-motivated” mischief over $5,000, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, and criminal Hate charges as well as criminal charges like conspiracy carry significant stigma to individuals charged


AMSSA: Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC · 21 March 2024 English

Anti-Racism in Smaller Centres – Resource Sheet This accompanying handout for the webinar on "The Significance of Anti-Racism in Smaller Centres: Fostering Equitable and Inclusive Environments”, provides highlights from the …

spread of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories, social media platform design and insufficient


FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 16 March 2024 English

However, a study from the University of Chicago found that homes in low-income neighborhoods face tax assessments that are, as a proportion of actual value, “twice as high as that …

the replacement of streetcars with buses on a conspiracy involving General Motors, but this is a gross


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English

The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …

not be significant politically and the Georgia conspiracy trial may begin prior to the election but will


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