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    Wells (2013) explain, “While Bacon may have penned court entertainments, he was never suspected of wasting time in writing poetry, and is not known to have written a single blank verse in all his life.”(p. 21) With that statement alone, the Bacon theory should be dismissed. If no one knew of him writing poetry, then there is no way he could have whipped out 154 sonnets when he was already famous. If this does not prove anything, we can examine both Shakespeare’s and Bacon’s styles of writing. Bacon

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    Roswell Conspiracy Conspiracy theories have always been easy to spread amongst the American population due to common lack of trust for the American government. An example of which being the incident of Roswell, New Mexico. On one dreadful summer night in 1947, something crashed in a corn field in the middle of New Mexico. Little was known of what crashed that night, and it was because of this lack of identity that caused the common population to assume the worst, an extraterrestrial encounter. Slightly

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    What really is the Bermuda Triangle? Conspiracy theories are well known throughout many cultures. Whether these theories be used to explain some weird occurrence, or used to show that the government is trying to kill us all and are hiding certain things, these theories seem to pop up in almost every aspect of life. The moon landings were faked, Elvis isn't really dead, 9/11 was planned by the government; all these are conspiracy theories that help to explain weird occurrences that people don't

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    Conspiracy Theory

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    Investigating the Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Happiness, Curiosity, and Fantasy Proneness Conspiracy theories appear to be popularised as a result of the tension and complexities of our contemporary and globalized society (Aupers, 2012). News headlines are scattered with topics that feed into societal government mistrusts, such as President Trump’s endorsement of a conspiracist mindset (Radford, 2016). For example, Trump has appeared in the media talking about the conspiracy’s surrounding the

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    38 and was claimed that her death was a suicide due to barbiturate overdose. Public does not accept the fact that Monroe’s death is considered as an accident due to Monroe’s affair with 35th U.S. President John. F. Kennedy, and thinks there is a conspiracy behind Monroe’s death. Hence, I am interested in examining Monroe’s death from three different perspectives analyzing whether Monroe’s death should be considered as an accident, a suicide, or a murder. Additionally, I will examine how societal mortality

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    Conspiracy Theories

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    The Effects Conspiracy Theories Have On American Culture Conspiracy Theories are defined as “a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event.” An uprising problem in American culture is the spread of the perpetuation of misinformation through many online sources and social media platforms. A part of this issue is the publishing of fake news and conspiracy theories, mainly by authors and editors who are seeking compensation for their “information”

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    official explanations of key events are conspiracy theories, alternate explanations that point out coordination and intent by figures and/or powers outside of the accepted knowledge. People love a narrative that comes with a conspiracy theory, it’s the reason why a theory never vanishes. One theory that never vanished was that the death of Tupac Amaru Shakur. Reasons behind conspiracy theories are to basically keep the conversation going. Conspiracy theories give people an out to believe something

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    Conspiracy theories something that has been happening for years and years, they are widely known for making people think, for people going crazy. The definition of conspiracy theories according to the dictionary are the belief an organization or a person is responsible for an event. The definition to me would be rumors that are told that are never known if they are true or false. A concept of a conspiracy theory to me I believe that it started with just rumors then someone would blame someone then

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    In many historical points of death or national tragedy, conspiracy theories tend to come out and alter the way people view a specific instance or person. “Scholars characterize conspiracy theories as attempts to explain the ultimate cause of an event[,]usually one that is political or social[,] as a secret ploy by a covert alliance of powerful individuals or organizations”(Douglas “The Hidden”). Diana, the Princess of Wales, married into royalty by marrying Prince Charles, the son of the Queen of

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    Jim Kline’s journal article titled, “C. G. Jung and Norman Cohn Explain Pizzagate: The Archetypal Dimension of a Conspiracy Theory,” attempts to provide an explanation as to why people are enthralled by certain conspiracy notions involving satanic rituals, cannibalism, and human degradation. During the 2016 presidential elections, online websites circulated a very convoluted conspiracy involving then presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and husband Bill. They tied the power couple to a small, local

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