institutional analysis focuses mostly public long term behavior publicly known institutions recorded example scholarly documents mainstream media reports ref name wintonickqu bec ref conspiracy theory conversely posits existence secretive coalitions individuals speculates alleged activities belief conspiracy theories associated biases reasoning conjunction fallacy ref name brothertonfrench ref clare birchall king 's college london describes conspiracy theory form popular knowledge interpretation ref use word 'knowledge' suggests ways conspiracy theory may considered relation legitimate modes knowing
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