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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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Someone is pulling the strings: Hypersensitive agency detection and belief in conspiracy theories [PDF]

, 2015
We hypothesized that belief in conspiracy theories would be predicted by the general tendency to attribute agency and intentionality where it is unlikely to exist.
Rael J. Dawtry (6254684), Callan, Mitch J., Annelie J. Harvey, Mitchell J. Callan (8279523), Harvey, Annelie J, Mitchell J. Callan, Karen M. Douglas, Karen M. Douglas (11345980), Douglas, Karen, Harvey, Annelie J., Dawtry, Rael J, Dawtry, Rael J., Robbie M. Sutton (10766814), Annelie J. Harvey (8761719), Douglas, Karen M., Robbie M. Sutton, Sutton, Robbie M, Douglas, Karen M, Callan, Mitchell J., Rael J. Dawtry, Sutton, Robbie M., Callan, Mitchell J   +21 more
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“I got caught in my own trap”

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract For women ethnographers, research involving predominantly male far‐right activists can involve many challenges—ethical, methodological, and emotional. Drawing on interviews and long‐term participant observation, I reflect on my fieldwork with Polish far‐right activists in the UK.
Anna Jochymek
wiley   +1 more source

COVİD-19 Vaccine Hesitancy:The Mediating Role of Psychological and Political Factors

İzmir İktisat Dergisi
The aim of this study is to investigate the psycho-political factors (i.e., the sense of control loss, trust in authorities, conspiracy mentality, dichotomous thinking, and intolerance of uncertainty) underlying the vaccine hesitancy that may adversely ...
Nilgün Türkileri Arman, Umut Yukaruç
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Counterfactuals and Conspiracy Mentality

We are seeking to explore if conspiracy mentality is linked to increased generation of counterfactual/alternative ...
Sean Bogart, David Sweeney, Keith Markman   +2 more
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Ethical Considerations Regarding the Vaccination of Children—The Power Dynamics Between Doctors and Parents

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an
Mikael Sandlund, Ingemar Engström, Anders Castor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan, Johanna Thomas‐Maude, Apisalome Movono, Akisi Ravono   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories: Developing the Turkish Conspiracy Mentality Scale (TCMS)

Journal of Economy Culture and Society
Scales that claim to measure generic conspiracy beliefs are significant instruments for understanding people’s tendency to believe in specific conspiracy theories.
Abdullah Koçak, Nuh Akçakaya
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Acting on the Voicelessness Challenge to Democratic Deliberation: A Six‐Actor Framework

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Political philosophers have long recognized that key stakeholders in policy decisions—children, future generations, nonhuman animals, and individuals with severe cognitive impairments—are structurally unable to participate in the deliberative processes meant to legitimate those decisions.
Julian C. Jamison
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change: Why the conspiracy theories are dangerous [PDF]

, 2015
Uncertainty surrounds the public understanding of climate change and provides fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Typically, such conspiracy theories assert that climate scientists and politicians are distorting or hijacking the science to suit their
Robbie M. Sutton, Karen M. Douglas, Douglas, Karen, Sutton, Robbie M.   +3 more
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