Book Recommendations??

[Myron Proudfoot]

This may be a bit OT, but can someone please recommend a good scholarly book (or books, or journal articles) on rumors and and/or conspiracy theories? I’m doing some research on anti-German rumors during WWI (many of which were conspiracy-theories) and need to brush up on any theories of how rumors are created and spread. My degree is in history and I am not familiar with current research into psychology (or would that be sociology?).
Thanks,
MPf

[UNLoVedRebel]

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0211/0211571v1.pdf

http://www.aejmc.org/_scholarship/research_use/jmcq/07sum/stempel_text.pdf

And yes, it would be in the realm of sociology. Psychology is experimental while sociology is mostly data collection. AFAIK, there are no experimental methodologies that investigate conspiracy theories.

[Myron Proudfoot]

Thank you, those are interesting. I've printed them out to read...

I think the footnotes should include some good places to start for any theorizing about rumors...

thanks UlR!

[Lothian]

I read this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Voodoo-Histories-Conspiracy-Shaping-History/dp/0224074709) a couple of months back. I found it interesting but don't remember any German WW1 stuff

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DERwSX5ML._SL500_AA240_.jpg