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Academic work in conspiracy theories and conspiracism ( a world view that places conspiracy theories centrally in the unfolding of history ) presents a range of hypotheses as a basis of studying the genre.

According to Berlet and Lyons, " Conspiracism is a particular narrative form of scapegoating that frames demonized enemies as part of a vast insidious plot against the common good, while it valorizes the scapegoater as a hero for sounding the alarm ".