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Scott A. Reid
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2010) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

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President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy seated in a black convertible during a motorcade, with police escorts and onlookers lining the street.
A conspiracy theory is an attempt to explain a harmful or tragic event as the result of the secret activities of a small but powerful group. Such explanations reject an official or generally accepted narrative surrounding the event; indeed, such narratives may be seen as further proof of the…
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Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (2010)
By John M Levine, Michael A. Hogg

Over the past 75 years there has been a tremendous amount of theoretical and empirical research on group processes and intergroup relations by scholars in various disciplines. The Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations is a reflection of the growing integration of what were formerly two distinct approaches. With approximately 300 entries, the two volumes of this encyclopedia cover concepts ranging from conformity to diversity and from small group interaction to intergroup...

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