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Randomness dismissal and conspiracy beliefs
Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 A study found that dismissing random explanations for events is associated with conspiracy belief.
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On the measurement of conspiracy beliefs [PDF]
Research & Politics, 2018 Are so-called “birthers” best thought of as true conspiracy theorists, or are they merely partisans expressing a sharp dislike of Barack Obama? Recent work on conspiracy beliefs finds that “birthers” are the product of partisan and ideological motivated reasoning. In this manuscript, we explore how the measurement strategies we employ on public opinion
Adam M. Enders, Steven M. Smallpage
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When alienated from society, conspiracy theory belief gives meaning to life
HeliyonBackground: Conspiracy theory belief – explaining the ultimate causes of social and political events with claims of secret conspiracies – is assumed to arise from a desire to make sense of uncertainty, especially in times of crisis.
Tatjana Schnell +3 more
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Conspiracy Theories are Not Beliefs
Erkenntnis, 2022 AbstractNapolitano (The epistemology of fake news, Oxford University Press, 2021) argues that the Minimalist Account of conspiracy theories—i.e., which defines conspiracy theories as explanations, or theories, about conspiracies—should be rejected. Instead, she proposes to define conspiracy theories as a certain kind of belief—i.e., an evidentially ...
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Racialized Pandemic: The Effect of Racial Attitudes on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs
Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 As national and international health agencies rushed to respond to the global spread of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, commonly known as COVID-19), one challenge these organizations faced was the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories about ...
Christina E. Farhart, Philip Gordon Chen
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Paranoia is the belief that others intend you harm. It is related to conspiracy theories, wherein those others represent an organized faction, coordinating the harm against self and others, and violating societal norms.
Praveen Suthaharan, Philip R. Corlett
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Routledge Open Research, 2023 Looking at set of 76 representative articles published by social psychologists between 2017 and 2023 (reviewed between December 2022 and February 2023), I examine the role of motivating examples---a kind of illustrative example, typically used by ...
M R. X. Dentith
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez +3 more
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Neural correlates of conspiracy beliefs during information evaluation
Scientific ReportsConspiracy theories, despite their widespread societal impact, remain poorly understood at the neural level. While previous research has examined general belief processing, the neural mechanisms underlying how conspiracy beliefs influence information ...
Shuguang Zhao, Ting Wang, Bingsen Xiong
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Social Media, Cognitive Reflection, and Conspiracy Beliefs
Frontiers in Political Science, 2021 A growing number of Americans stay informed about current events through social media. But using social media as a source of news is associated with increased likelihood of being misinformed about important topics, such as COVID-19.
Dominik A. Stecula, Mark Pickup
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