New conspiracism is currently US-specific but likely to spread globally.

Evidence

Even where classic conspiracy theories abound, there is little evidence of the kind of bare assertion and fabulist concoction that characterize the new conspiracism. But there is reason to think this will change. The developments we describe in the United States over the last decade are likely to come to the democracies of Europe, to India, and elsewhere. New communications technologies that eliminate the traditional gatekeeping functions of the media create an opening. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 370

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The new conspiracism is uniquely and asymmetrically a right-wing phenomenon.; Islamophobia became a globally networked condition spread across states — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 37; New conspiracism will likely spread beyond the United States — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 370

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia became a globally networked condition spread across states #exemplifies (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 37