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, 2021 A few studies have examined endorsement of conspiracy beliefs in cohorts of future teachers. We aimed to compare endorsement of conspiracy beliefs in future teachers, as well as the teachers’ beliefs about their students’ conspiracy beliefs in three ...
Theofilos Gkinopoulos +2 more
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On the measurement of conspiracy beliefs
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 ...
Adam M. Enders, Steven M. Smallpage
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International Journal of Communication, 2022 Conspiracy theories have received an increasing amount of public and scholarly attention. In these accounts, individuals with conspiracy beliefs are sometimes described as a homogeneous and deviant, even pathological group of people supporting elaborate ...
Mike S. Schäfer +4 more
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Misinformation is widespread, but only a minority of social media users actively share it. This paper considers whether three aspects of individual differences - positive schizotypy, conspiracy beliefs, and autism - differentiate those who believe in and
Dando, C.J., Maras, K., Buchanan, T.
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Group psychology shapes health conspiracies and conspiracy mentality in three countries
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsCountries vary greatly in conspiracy beliefs. However, little research has examined how group-based traits like outgroup mistrust and psychological reactance (a tendency to resist external control and assert autonomy through nonconformity) interact with ...
Gul Deniz Salali, Mete Sefa Uysal
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Exploring the Extremes: The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Populism on Conspiracy Beliefs in Austria
Social Sciences(1) Background: Populist radical right-wing parties and politicians have used conspiracy theories to perpetuate the antagonism between an evil elite conspiring against the good and unknowing people.
Diana Lucia Hofmann
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Conspiracy beliefs predict perceptions of procedural justice
Scientific ReportsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, people believing in political COVID-19 conspiracies likely perceived that the government executed power unfairly (i.e., low procedural justice), which might have contributed to the questioning of the government’s legitimacy.
Svenja B. Frenzel +3 more
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Another one bites the dust? Threatened meat-eater identity and veg*n conspiracy beliefs
Frontiers in Social PsychologyIntroductionVegetarianism and veganism (veg*nism) have been criticized as challenging traditional lifestyles and meat-related practices. Some criticisms take the form of conspiracy beliefs, involving assumptions about hidden intentions and coordinated ...
Dominika Adamczyk +2 more
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From Folklore to Conspiracy Beliefs: A Gramscian Approach to Conspiracy Theory Studies
GenealogyThis paper applies Antonio Gramsci’s theory of folklore—defined as the cultural expressions of subaltern groups reflecting their lived experiences of subalternity—to contemporary conspiracy beliefs, arguing that these beliefs function as a form of what ...
Maria Chiara Pozzoni +1 more
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What Makes a Belief Seem Implausible to Others? A Q Methodology Study of Conspiracy Beliefs [PDF]
Mental health professionals regularly make judgements about the plausibility of others’ belief claims and have the socially sanctioned power to label a belief as delusional.
Daniel, Lauren
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