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Call it a conspiracy: How conspiracy belief predicts recognition of conspiracy theories.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
While conspiracy theories are treated as irrational fringe beliefs in popular culture, conspiracy belief is quite common. Given the disconnect between stereotypes about conspiracy belief and its prevalence, I tested whether people have difficulty ...
J P Prims
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Conspiracy Theories–Conspiracy Narratives

open access: yesDiegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung, 2021
In this essay Michael Butter discusses the relation between conspiracy theories and conspiracy narratives.
Michael Butter
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The Analytic Cognitive Style Predicts Conspiracy Beliefs: Replication Study on a Non-student Sample

open access: yesStudia Psychologica, 2021
The study aims to replicate previous findings on a student and non-student sample - the mid-pointed level of conspiracy beliefs and the relationship of conspiracy beliefs with analytic cognitive style and preference for analytic thinking.
Eva Ballová Mikušková
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Comparing the ideological correlates of anti-government and anti-Roma conspiracy beliefs in Romania

open access: yesJournal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2023
Conspiracy theories are often viewed as the manifestation of a “conspiracy mentality” grounded in power-challenging attitudes. Contrary to this approach, it has been proposed that conspiracy theories targeting relatively powerful groups (i.e., upward ...
Kenzo Nera   +2 more
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Traquer les reptiliens, dévoiler la vérité

open access: yesAteliers d'Anthropologie, 2022
On the Internet, one finds communities that share evidence of a race of reptilian humanoids whose goal is to enslave and dominate the human race. Those who have awoken to the reality of the conspiracy call themselves “truth seekers”. By exploring various
Théophile Robert-Rimsky
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I Prigionieri della Torre dei Leoni. Una storia penale e letteraria

open access: yesDNA Di Nulla Academia, 2023
This story also tells a criminal trial that accompanies the literary one. The function of both rites allows us to take stock of one of the most famous intrigues of the sixteenth century, at the time of the Italian wars.
Bruno Capaci
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Accessing to a “Truer Truth”: Conspiracy and Figurative Reasoning From Covid-19 to the Russia–Ukraine War

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2023
This research hypothesizes that all conspiracy theories have dominating isotopies and images-symbols regardless of ideology or context. As a result, I hypothesized that the common denominator might be discovered in figurative reasoning, which means using
Bianca Terracciano
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Conspiracy of Corporate Networks in Corruption Scandals

open access: yesFrontiers in Physics, 2021
Corruption in public procurement transforms state institutions into private entities where public resources get diverted for the benefit of a few. On this matter, much of the discussion centers on the legal fulfillment of the procurement process, while ...
J. R. Nicolás-Carlock, I. Luna-Pla
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Jesuits, Conspiracies, and Conspiracy Theories

open access: yesJournal of Jesuit Studies, 2023
Abstract This introductory article explores the thematic affinity linking the Society of Jesus with conspiracies and conspiracy theories. After giving a short overview of the historiography devoted to anti-Jesuitism, it draws attention to how anti-Jesuits vilified the order over the centuries on the basis of alleged conspiracies whose extent varied ...
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Minor Tech and Counter-revolution

open access: yesA Peer-Reviewed Journal About, 2023
Following repeated assertions by QAnon promoters that to understand the phenomenon one must ‘do your own research’ this article seeks to unpack how ‘research’ is understood within QAnon, and how this understanding is operationalised in the production of
Jack Wilson
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